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Oh No! GOP Lawmakers Push for Perjury Charges Against Madison Cornbread for Fabricated J6 Testimony

They're so sad they try to hide Madison Cornbread's identity by calling her by her criminal alias "Cassidy Hutchinson."

Republicans on Capitol Hill are asking the Justice Department to consider bringing criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide in President Donald Trump's first administration who became a star congressional witness about the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, according to two sources familiar with recent developments.
GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk made a criminal referral of Hutchinson to the Justice Department in recent days, the sources said. He accused Hutchinson of lying to Congress in her summer 2022 testimony when she alleged Trump was aware of the potential for violence on January 6, 2021, and forged ahead with his attempts to rile up his supporters.
Loudermilk has long attempted to reframe the public perception of the events at the Capitol, including by scrutinizing the House committee that investigated the Capitol riot and found Trump was "directly responsible" for the riot. Loudermilk's referral was co-signed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, who chairs the committee under which Loudermilk is running a probe of January 6.
The Justice Department's press office didn't respond to inquiries about the referral. Both current and former lawyers for Hutchinson didn't respond to multiple inquiries this week from CNN. CNN has reached out to Loudermilk for comment.
It's not uncommon for Congress to make criminal referrals regarding witnesses that have come before it previously, especially in heavily charged political situations, and referrals don't necessarily lead to charges. A referral at times could add to a criminal investigation or prompt one. They are often treated by the Justice Department as suggestions.
A referral and possible Justice Department action against Hutchinson could refocus attention on a fraught aspect of the work years ago of the House Select Committee and prosecutors. It also comes a time when the Trump administration has pursued politically charged criminal cases against former government figures whom Trump considers opponents.

LOL. Oh, Trump is pushing criminal charges against the criminals who pushed criminal charges against him for four years. What a monster.

I mean, it's not even a close call that she repeatedly lied to Congress. Look at this easily-disproved lie that she personally, in her own hand, wrote a key note jotted down during J6.

The note is important because it shows that Trump's people were drafting a tweet that anyone in the Capitol not authorized to be there should leave. The J6 kangaroo court rigged the show-trial to prove that Trump really wanted an "insurrection," so they insisted this was not written by a Trump aid recording his thoughts, but by Madison Cornbread.

In the below exhibit, the the note in question. It is clearly from a masculine hand. Writing in all-caps block letters is the biggest giveaway that a man is writing. I personally only barely remember how to form lower-case letters. I never use them, except in my signature.

So, to disprove the clear fact that Trump was giving orders for the "insurrectionists" to disperse, Madison Cornbread perjured herself and said she wrote the note.

Here's Madison Cornbread's actual handwriting. If you squint really closely, you might notice some subtle distinctions between the note in question and Madison Cornbread's actual handwriting:

This retard practically dots the i's with hearts.

And don't even get me started on Madison Cornbread's Agents of SHIELD fantasies about Donald Trump jumping over the front seats of the presidential limo to violently wrest the steering wheel away from the Secret Service driver, in order to force the vehicle back to the Capitol so that he could take charge of The Insurrection.

Does she really think he would have to seize the controls to go to the Capitol? Does she think the Secret Service would literally, legally kidnap the president and take him somewhere when he was screaming he wanted to go somewhere else?

A House panel reviewing the work of the illegally established and since disbanded Select Committee on Jan. 6 released testimony previously concealed by lawmakers for contradicting the committee's star witness.
On Thursday, the Washington Times reported the House Administration's subcommittee on Oversight released the transcripts of a Secret Service driver for President Donald Trump who pushed back on claims Trump tried to violently hijack a presidential vehicle to riot at the Capitol.
"I did not see him reach. He never grabbed the steering wheel," the driver told then-Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney during an interview. "I didn't see him, you know, lunge to try to get into the front seat at all."
The agent's testimony flew directly in opposition to what lawmakers were told by Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who worked for Trump's final first-term chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Hutchinson sensationalized the televised show trials of the Jan. 6 Committee when she claimed an "irate" president assaulted Secret Service agents to try to drive himself to Capitol Hill.
"The president said something to the effect of 'I'm the f'ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,'" Hutchinson publicly testified in the summer of 2022. "The president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel," she added, but he was stopped by the head of his security detail.

Ace is saying something to the effect of, "Imprison this nasty-cooched swamp hag."

Andy McCarthy hurt most pic.twitter.com/dfiOkmda3Q
— snowblinder76 (@snowblinder76) March 6, 2026

Hello everyone! It has been a long week and I'm desperate to knock off early so a lot of posts are going to be pretty brief. I hope you understand!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:12 PM

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1 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (ewuvP)

2 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (kgE5c)

3 Ha! Mornin’ Ace. I’ll go get ‘em.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (ewuvP)

4 This is not my week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (kgE5c)

5 Otters dutifully called…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 06, 2026 12:13 PM (ewuvP)

6 Morning Ace!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 12:13 PM (ExV1e)

7 @snowblinder76
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Follow
Replying to @MZHemingway and @FDRLST
Andy McCarthy hurt most

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That turd still thinks Russian collusion was worth looking into.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:14 PM (GBKbO)

8 ** This is not my week.**

Don’t feel bad. You came in 2st!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 06, 2026 12:14 PM (ewuvP)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)

10 Top o' the nooner to ya, Ace!

HAPPY FRYDAY!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Zz0t1)

11 Is Andy McCarthy still a rock ribbed conservative like Jonah Goldberg?

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (13bda)

12 Excellent Post.

Go ahead and take the rest of the week off, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (l9aEn)

13 Madison Cornbread's handwriting is a seamless combination of middle-school girl journal and comic sans.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (JCZqz)

14 She really thought she was going somewhere when she aligned herself with Liz Cheney. Little did she know, Liz Cheney was headed into early retirement.

Posted by: huerfano at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM (98kQX)

15 The Others have been summoned.

Happy Friday, Ace!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM (kgE5c)

16 This is not my week.

I want you to think about how this could have been written for maximum impact.

"The time may come when it IS my week, but it is not THIS WEEK!!!"

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

17 Hello everyone! It has been a long week and I'm desperate to knock off early so a lot of posts are going to be pretty brief. I hope you understand!
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It's an absolutely beautiful day in my neck of the woods, so I get it.

Have a great weekend!

Us weekend COBs will keep the place running...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM (ESVrU)

18 13 Madison Cornbread's handwriting is a seamless combination of middle-school girl journal and comic sans.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Which at her age is nearly a war crime.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (+4yJ5)

19 Don’t feel bad. You came in 2st!
Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 06, 2026 12:14 PM

So I got that going for me. Which is nice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (kgE5c)

20 Do you have a note from your doctor?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (viF8m)

21 >> … her criminal alias "Cassidy Hutchinson."

Hilarious 😂

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (UCAqC)

22 11 Is Andy McCarthy still a rock ribbed conservative like Jonah Goldberg?
Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (13bda)

He and Hannity are still singing the praises of the greatest Fed of all time, Mr. Hammond Eggers.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (wa/yD)

23 This is not my week.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (kgE5c)
----
...to stop sniffing glue.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (ESVrU)

24 I want you to think about how this could have been written for maximum impact.

"The time may come when it IS my week, but it is not THIS WEEK!!!"
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM

Do I look like the Blade to you?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (kgE5c)

25 23 This is not my week.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (kgE5c)
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...to stop sniffing glue.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (ESVrU)

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What's the status on Leon?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)

26 I saw Nasty-Cooched Swamp Hag open for Pussy Riot in '05.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (2ocoG)

27 "Imprison this nasty-cooched swamp hag."

I read that in Gabby Hayes' voice.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Kt19C)

28 Mmm. Cornbread with butter.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (i0Hi3)

29 This is not my week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (kgE5c)

It is, however, my weak.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)

30 What's the status on Leon?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM

Getting laaaaarger!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (kgE5c)

31 Speaking of criminals, y'all will enjoy this one from Insty:

Felony Stupid: Woman Forces Entry on Des Moines Home

https://tinyurl.com/stannita

Closing quote: "Please don’t shoot me no more" and it wasn't said by the homeowner.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (/HDaX)

32 I keep a stack of McCarthy and Flynn opinions in the corner. Unread.

I know at least a couple people that think Trump went for the steering wheel. It's sad.

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (cS1cw)

33 >> Cornbread with butter.

And Honey.

Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (l9aEn)

34 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (kgE5c)

35 30 What's the status on Leon?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM

Getting laaaaarger!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (kgE5c)

======

Well, I hope I improved your week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (GBKbO)

36 Is it too esrly for the " nothing will happen" schtick??

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (pDt9x)

37
What's the status on Leon?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:18 PM (GBKbO)

He's still getting larger.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)

38 Madison Cornbread's handwriting is a seamless combination of middle-school girl journal and comic sans.

I like that she fucked up the peace sign enough that it looks like a person gesturing through a random circle.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (2ocoG)

39 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (kgE5c)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)

40 That turd still thinks Russian collusion was worth looking into.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

He is the perfect example of a Beltway slime creature. Wrong far too many times than I can count on his prognostications, relies on one big past thing he did early in his career (prosecuting the Blind Sheikh), and has the moral certitude of David French. He is the David French of NR's Legal punditry. I think he and Ed Whelan cry on each other's shoulders a lot.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)

41 Cass is an Ass.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (n5tGW)

42 She has super chick hand writing.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (13bda)

43
Butch Cassidy >>>>>>Hopalong Cassidy >> Cassidy Hutchinson

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (xG4kz)

44 Well, I hope I improved your week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM

It's better.

I shared your channel this week with a colleague who has a side gig as a movie reviewer. Doing my bit to help the Al Gore Rhythm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (kgE5c)

45 Wait, did you create the Madison Cornbread alias, ace?

Wasn't there also a story about someone using Madison Cornbread to catfish some chick like a decade ago? Or a chick used it on another chick?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)

46 My Mom wrote in that all-cap block lettering. Maybe it was a nursing/army thing.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (tj1W+)

47 44 It's better.

I shared your channel this week with a colleague who has a side gig as a movie reviewer. Doing my bit to help the Al Gore Rhythm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (kgE5c)

======

Huzzah.

Thank you!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (GBKbO)

48 She has super chick hand writing.

Well, she's a chick, soooo...

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

49 It was just such a load of bullshit from the start. Well all of it was but this in particular.

Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (YwEeS)

50 I always get this chick mixed up with the former WashPo reporter -- the one who's, like, mid-40s but thinks she's a zoomer. Can't remember her name.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Y1sOo)

51 24 Do I look like the Blade to you?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (kgE5c)

What does your STD chart look like?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (wa/yD)

52

Pretty brief = 15,000 words from ace alone

Posted by: imp at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (g6TN6)

53 you see virginia dems are putting forward a bill to force all schools to teach that J-6 was a "riot" or something?

And they laugh at Rs for wanting balanced teaching on evolution.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (HjVhR)

54
She has super chick hand writing.
Posted by: Heroq

Tee hee! * giggles *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (xG4kz)

55 Doing my bit to help the Al Gore Rhythm.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (kgE5c)

To release his second chakra.

Posted by: Gross, but you do you at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (TbWk/)

56 “Capitol riot”

Mostly Peaceful protest. Get it right, fags

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (//5Rf)

57 42 She has super chick hand writing.
Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (13bda)

Super chick handwriting was any american woman born before 1965. They all write cursive so beautifully and legibly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (bss/y)

58 Cass is an Ass.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (n5tGW)

And took it up it from the Democrats.

I hope she serves time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Zz0t1)

59 I know at least a couple people that think Trump went for the steering wheel. It's sad.
Posted by: connected and litigious
=======
Anyone can be accused of anything, even outrageous things that could have never happened by witnesses that are obvious liars, and yet some will believe those accusations. It reflects more on the personality and character of the accusers than it does the people that they accuse.

And it is why we have twelve people on a jury that require a unanimous verdict for guilty.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

60 >>>In the below exhibit, the the note in question. It is clearly from a masculine hand. Writing in all-caps block letters is the biggest giveaway that a man is writing. I personally only barely remember how to form lower-case letters. I never use them, except in my signature.

although this is true, I need to point out that different countries have handwriting styles, and in Colombia there are (were now I suppose) two styles taught to school children. One is a cursive that is based on the Spanish "gothic" hand, which is sort of like Spencer and sort of like Fraktur, and the other which is a block, upper case handwriting that has such entertaining elements as the A is a delta, and the ñ is written with a straight line across for the tilde. The second style was used in "official" annotations written by hand, where clarity was considered more important that style.

However, missing any Colombian connection with this affair, I agree with ace' conclusions.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:23 PM (rbvCR)

61 52

Pretty brief = 15,000 words from ace alone
Posted by: imp at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (g6TN6)

But it wasn't a movie review though. *shrugs*.

Posted by: Thrawn at March 06, 2026 12:23 PM (9Ovst)

62 We're calling a lid! No pants and break out the whiskey! I'ma need to dance on a table while wearing my necktie as a headband. BANZAI!!!

Posted by: banana Dream - BANZAI - YOLO but Japanese at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (3uBP9)

63 46 My Mom wrote in that all-cap block lettering. Maybe it was a nursing/army thing.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (tj1W+)

I started writing in all caps as soon as I entered high school and they didn't demand cursive anymore.

Well, I still made Capitalized letters bigger, and wrote the rest in small caps.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (wa/yD)

64 What I want to know is, who is her handler?

Surely she did not invent this strategy of calling the President a liar all on her own.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (HjVhR)

65 Is this the broad that claimed Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the presidential limo, despite being seated two rows behind the driver and with protective glass separating them?

Posted by: Josephistan at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (y9ksN)

66 50 Taylor Lorenz

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (tj1W+)

67 Super chick handwriting was any american woman born before 1965. They all write cursive so beautifully and legibly.

My mother's handwriting was so good there were times I thought it must have been machine made. Mine, OTOH, has been mocked by chickens scratching for dirt in the barnyard.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

68 Trump sure picked some turds for staff in his first administration. Took suggestions from the GOPe I suppose.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (vlkz/)

69 >>>although this is true, I need to point out that different countries have handwriting styles, and in Colombia there are (were now I suppose) two styles taught to school children. One is a cursive that is based on the Spanish "gothic" hand, which is sort of like Spencer and sort of like Fraktur, and the other which is a block, upper case handwriting that has such entertaining elements as the A is a delta, and the ñ is written with a straight line across for the tilde. The second style was used in "official" annotations written by hand, where clarity was considered more important that style.
However, missing any Colombian connection with this affair, I agree with ace' conclusions.

yeah I don't think that Madison Cornbread was educated internationally. She chiefly writes in emoticons, like she's on Twitter.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (1wjle)

70 Former professional DOJ prosecutor Andy McCarthy always seems to fall for the most obvious bullshit.

Posted by: huerfano at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (98kQX)

71 In Shakespeare's time, both actors and movie critics were below prostitutes in social status.

Posted by: High-Tone Henry at March 06, 2026 12:25 PM (oftw2)

72 41 Cass is an Ass.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (n5tGW)

But It Is a Nice One!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Actually Don't Know If That's True. at March 06, 2026 12:25 PM (RfVfI)

73 It's like a Lethal Weapon script that got left on the cutting room floor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 12:25 PM (M9gjJ)

74 I've been out of pocket for a week. Anything going on?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:25 PM (4NO2D)

75 64 What I want to know is, who is her handler?

Surely she did not invent this strategy of calling the President a liar all on her own.
Posted by: bob

Her second lawyer after she fired the first one. Lawyers in DC are the nexus of the Deep State there and why lawyers on the Right in DC are a persecuted small minority, probably true now of the entire DC metro region. Most remaining conservative lawyers simply play the game with the Democrats so they can continue to practice there.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

76 Thanks for this site, your work, and your writing.

Enjoy your weekend ace!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (RkOfE)

77 I actually gave him a hug, and I said, “Sir, you did what you had to do.”

“They had evil in their eyes.”

Posted by: Markwayne Mullin at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (EXyHK)

78 >> I personally only barely remember how to form lower-case letters. I never use them

Only fags use lower case handwriting. (don't even ask about script)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (HjVhR)

79 >>>70 Former professional DOJ prosecutor Andy McCarthy always seems to fall for the most obvious bullshit.

he sure does

almost seems like he's not so much "falling for it" as a coconspirator in every psyop the leftists in the Deep State have run against the American public for ten years.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (1wjle)

80 The Bush ANG letter is more believable than that being Cornbread's handwriting.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Ns3kx)

81 Afternoon Ace.
Indict her and she'll sing. She'll realize, or her attorney will, them at Cheney and Kinzinger aren't there to protect her and the Dems have used her and have no use for her now . Madison Cornbread won't like the cellblock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (/C62k)

82 My mother's handwriting was so good there were times I thought it must have been machine made. Mine, OTOH, has been mocked by chickens scratching for dirt in the barnyard.
Posted by: Archimedes at March

Doctors look at my handwriting and say 'WTF?!'

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (MGB5H)

83 >>Super chick handwriting was any american woman born before 1965. They all write cursive so beautifully and legibly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM

Wrote. I checked a few weeks ago to see if I can still write cursive. I can, but it looks nothing like it used to. I'm about 30 years out of practice.

Posted by: huerfano at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (98kQX)

84 67 My mother's handwriting was so good there were times I thought it must have been machine made. Mine, OTOH, has been mocked by chickens scratching for dirt in the barnyard.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

Neither of my parents has particularly good handwriting.

My mother's was better than my father's though.

My father, despite being to intuit almost anything, could not spell to save his life, either. And he still can't.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (wa/yD)

85 My Ex, a lefty had beautiful cursive handwriting, maybe good enough to get hired on by a greeting card company. My cursive is right up there with an MD getting rejected by the drug store.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (gm9Sb)

86 Taylor Lorenz
Posted by: Bulg

Yes, thank you.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (Y1sOo)

87 ace, i've said this before: if you need a break, go ahead, we can make our own fun for a couple of hours, just post something about maxine waters or potato head stelter. maybe something about olbermann and his mom's washing machine

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (CWTWj)

88 I use all capitals when I write. But I make the first letter of a new sentence a little bigger to make it a capital, capital letter.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (13bda)

89 Do I look like the Blade to you?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (kgE5c)

What does your STD chart look like?
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM

Non-existent. Ergo, not Blade-like.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (kgE5c)

90 >>>Wrote. I checked a few weeks ago to see if I can still write cursive. I can, but it looks nothing like it used to. I'm about 30 years out of practice.

yeah sometimes I try it and it doesn't flow. It's kind of stupid to write in all-caps because it really is slower -- you're constantly taking the pen off the paper, with every stroke -- but dudes do stupid shit just to not look like girlybabies.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (1wjle)

91 Based on a tablet found in the ruins of Ur, vic will be 6742 years old on Monday.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:29 PM (4NO2D)

92 Little known fact:

Charlie McCarthy is Andy McCarthy's uncle.

Posted by: mrp at March 06, 2026 12:29 PM (rj6Yv)

93 My handwriting is so bad I spent 10 minutes looking at my shopping list before I realized that "trauma zoo" was actually "tomatoes"

Posted by: Josephistan at March 06, 2026 12:29 PM (y9ksN)

94 78 >> I personally only barely remember how to form lower-case letters. I never use them

Only fags use lower case handwriting. (don't even ask about script)
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (HjVhR)

Using lower case feels like you are doing art...

Posted by: Denny Crane - Art Is For Fags. at March 06, 2026 12:29 PM (RfVfI)

95 89 Non-existent. Ergo, not Blade-like.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (kgE5c)

Good Man.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:29 PM (wa/yD)

96 and the cavemen who left those cave drawings probably had a better handwriting than i have

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (CWTWj)

97 70 Former professional DOJ prosecutor Andy McCarthy always seems to fall for the most obvious bullshit.
Posted by: huerfano
======
That excuse is worn out. He has been so wrong since Trump took office in his public statements that he shows reckless indifference to the truth or perhaps even actual malice on matters involving Trump and Trump's legal issues.

NR is simply a retirement home and sinecure paid for by corporations and leftists for embittered NT'ers like McCarthy, French, etc.

I refuse to even read their tripe anymore after their patent refusal to volte face and retract many of their most poisonous works in print.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

98 thanks gnats. I'll be fine posting today, just some of the posts will be a bit thin and headliney.

i also wrote an open thread.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle)

99 ace -

You might want to look into this. Taibbi has a link to his full substack article but this could be very large.

Margot Cleveland has been doing some reporting on this and she is recommending this article. He's making it available for free.

Apparently the FBI has been using a special classification for documents that were never intended to be made public and to avoid FOIA seraches called "prohibited access" and it's been going on as far back as the Nixon administration.

>>@mtaibbi

>>EXCLUSIVE: The FBI has been keeping a separate set of books in the form of secret “prohibited access” files for a generation, and the Bureau has finally begun to disclose them:

https://tinyurl.com/85fmt4xz

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (viF8m)

100
Husband and I have noticed that our handwriting has become messy.

We think it's because most stuff is done online now.

Use it or lose it.

Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (3ek7K)

101 My mother's handwriting was so good there were times I thought it must have been machine made. Mine, OTOH, has been mocked by chickens scratching for dirt in the barnyard.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

If you want to improve your handwriting, then get a style sheet, or even some handwriting samples, and practice. Make it your hobby, and even keep some sort of workbook. Write up your childhood for someone in the future, and you will get the practice you need.
It took me about 3 years, and I used facsimiles of Lincolns letters as a style guide, and then modified them to my taste.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (rbvCR)

102 Taylor Lorenz
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM (tj1W+)

That's hot!

Posted by: The Crypt Keeper at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Zz0t1)

103 92 Little known fact:

Charlie McCarthy is Andy McCarthy's uncle.
Posted by: mrp
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So who has their hand up Andy McCarthy's ass to make his lips move.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

104 Lol Jan y? Ace do you really want to bring that up again ? Really??? Out of the 1600 mostly peaceful tourists arrested Jan 6
Almost 40 have been arrested on other felony charges including at least 7 on child sex crimes.
How can you explain that high of a number,?

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (o7qMm)

105 How do we make ourselves look like Serious Men of Consequence...? Aha, I've got it!

GOP Lawmakers Push for Perjury Charges Against Madison Cornbread

Posted by: GOPe Brain Trust at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (zHdFR)

106 As far as illegible handwriting goes, I have you all beat.

Posted by: Michael J. Fox at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Y1sOo)

107 I'm envisioning Trump with an orange mullet and Rog getting too old for this shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (M9gjJ)

108 Show of hands - who knows cursive? And, which does the Horde prefer, cursive, or print writing??

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (pDt9x)

109 thanks gnats. I'll be fine posting today, just some of the posts will be a bit thin and headliney.

i also wrote an open thread.
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM

So are you looking to rest during your down time, or get out of the apartment?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)

110 thanks JackStraw. I'll do a quick post on that.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (1wjle)

111 > My handwriting is so bad I spent 10 minutes looking at my shopping list before I realized that "trauma zoo" was actually "tomatoes"

Trauma zoo is what I call the local community college.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (mkw2N)

112 >>>and it's been going on as far back as the Nixon administration.

I am going to guess Mark Felt was not an outlier, and this has been going on since the Wilson administration.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (rbvCR)

113 EXCLUSIVE: The FBI has been keeping a separate set of books in the form of secret “prohibited access” files for a generation, and the Bureau has finally begun to disclose them:

—

See this proved how bad Kash is.
Wait what?

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (13bda)

114
i also wrote an open thread.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle)

So, a 427,000 word movie review?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)

115 Whig

Chuck Schumer

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Ns3kx)

116 >>>So are you looking to rest during your down time, or get out of the apartment?

just rest but also get some exercise in. I also need to return a bunch of crap from Amazon at whole foods.

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (1wjle)

117 I just had to shovel my sidewalk. My own sidewalk!

I consider it an indictment of the Trump administration and the entire American way of life that I had to move my keester off the couch and brave the elements for, like, 15 minutes. That's not who we are!

Posted by: 496 at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (t+VLa)

118 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM

Never gets old.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (4NO2D)

119 Hello everyone! It has been a long week and I'm desperate to knock off early so a lot of posts are going to be pretty brief.

==

When you write sentences like that, you just know that something major is going to break! Like we take over Cuba..or IRGC surrenders. Stuff like that.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (GD0B3)

120 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (o7qMm)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Zz0t1)

121 I once had to write something in school, and the teacher demanded script. So I wrote in in my usual hand and then went back and connected the letters together randomly. It was the best I could do.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (HjVhR)

122
The Jessie Jackson people are jumping around and acting crazy at his "Funeral".

He's been dead 17 days.

I'll bet the McCain people are pissed off at the distraction.

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Y8DZL)

123 Problem is that this is Friday, when politicians like to dump their bad news and/or fuck their voters.
"oh yeah we just decided to use the SAVE act to train this dog"
*presents unhappy poodle*
*poodle pees on the SAVE act*
"Time for recess! LOL. Vote for me or a Democrat might win. Toodles"

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (gKWVE)

124 >> Andy McCarthy hurt

I think yellow-toothed retard should always proceed his name.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (IJqrQ)

125

496,

We still haven't had any snow over here in SW Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (3ek7K)

126 Except for my signature, I can’t write English in cursive anymore. Russian Cyrillic cursive drove Latin cursive clear out of my brain.

And my Russian cursive sucks every bit as much as my English cursive did.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (tj1W+)

127
I write in cursive all the time you stupid mofos.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (xG4kz)

128 I see ASS is just phoning it in today. Be better, ASS, be better.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

129 Aliassmifsmif counts One, Two, Many.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

130 >>>Almost 40 have been arrested on other felony charges including at least 7 on child sex crimes.

now do trannys and illegals

Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)

131 Almost 40 have been arrested on other felony charges including at least 7 on child sex crimes.

You bringing up the members of pAntifa that attended the protest and attacked the capitol isn't the own you think it is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Zz0t1)

132 second most annoying thing after having to jump over the troll, is having to jump over people copying/responding to the troll

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

133 "I hope you understand!"

Always. Always.

I pretty much ignore the news, and I'm happier for it. Sorry you have to wallow in it for your daily bread.

Miley
p.s. I'm holding onto that 1 oz silver chupacabra round for you, Ace. It's already doubled in value.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 06, 2026 12:34 PM (w6EFb)

134 Andy McCarthy must have done a decent job in everyday prosecutions, then there was the blind sheikh case that I guess made his name. Might have been good with other counter-terror stuff, dunno. Probably.

But aside from/after that. wow. Just a non-stop cavalcade of bad or ridiculous calls and pathetic excuse-making for his beloved and largely failed system. Think he defended the ridiculous lynch job of VP Cheney's aid in the ridiculous affair of the non-secret ditz CIA wife of the buffoonish former ambassador and his comical op-ed on Iraqi yellow cake machinations. His buddy was the prosecutor.

Of course he steadfastly refused to believe (or pretended so) that the DOJ/FBI had become a rampaging Vishinsky-like operation to destroy Trump and all who dared consort with him. Even as the evidence piled higher and higher. Pathetic.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:34 PM (U/Byj)

135 116 >>>So are you looking to rest during your down time, or get out of the apartment?

just rest but also get some exercise in. I also need to return a bunch of crap from Amazon at whole foods.
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:32 PM (1wjle)

Maybe a treadmill, or a modified hamster wheel installed in your burrow.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:34 PM (pDt9x)

136 I mostly wrote all caps because my cursive was not good. I have some pretty bad hand-eye co-ordination issues, so my handwriting generally looks awful (all-caps is the most legible, but it still doesn't look great), and I can't really draw recognizable objects, either.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:34 PM (wa/yD)

137 We still haven't had any snow over here in SW Wyoming.

Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (3ek7K)
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That's the America I know and love!

We only gota few inches of heavy slop here

Posted by: 496 at March 06, 2026 12:34 PM (t+VLa)

138 Weekends are big for major military stuff! Just saying...

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:34 PM (GD0B3)

139 Is Andy McCarthy still a rock ribbed conservative like Jonah Goldberg?
Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (13bda).

i doubt anything related to andy is ribbed...

-_-

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (nXhwP)

140 Taylor Lorenz
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:24 PM

That's hot!
Posted by: The Crypt Keeper at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM

I really enjoy how Lorenz became the subject of what used to be Helen Thomas jokes.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (2ocoG)

141 Assuming the troll's bullshit numbers are even close to correct, 2.5% of people arrested for nonsense on "insurrection day" were arrested for something else, with less than 1% of them also being arrested again for child sex crimes.

While even one of the latter shouldn't be tolerated at all, how is that "high", especially compared to other groups? Math is fun, yes?

Posted by: Thrawn at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (9Ovst)

142 How about illegal furry tranny hookers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (Ns3kx)

143 40 out of 1600?

Oh my god that’s 2.6%.

Wait a second that’s the average percentage of all Americans with a criminal record. Actually a bit below it, the average is 3%

You idiots need some new gotchas.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (13bda)

144 Show of hands - who knows cursive? And, which does the Horde prefer, cursive, or print writing??
Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (pDt9x)
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I'm fluent in cursive, but like a lot of us here I have to really slow down and concentrate to make it legible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ESVrU)

145 Russki cursive is fun. The "zh" is my favorite. Doesn't affect my English cursive.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (U/Byj)

146 She charges between $10,000 to $30,000 per public speaking event.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (NpAcC)

147 142 How about illegal furry tranny hookers?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Don't we produce a surplus right here at home? I don't think we need to import more

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (gKWVE)

148 second most annoying thing after having to jump over the troll, is having to jump over people copying/responding to the troll
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

If they would get off their monomania, and continual attacks on a single issue, they would be more tolerable.
Of course, if they were capable of that, and had some imagination beyond calling names, then they wouldn't be trolls.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (rbvCR)

149 Tar and feathers

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (W2Pud)

150 Ace

Whole Foods serves fresh hobo?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Ns3kx)

151 >yeah sometimes I try it and it doesn't flow. It's kind of stupid to write in all-caps because it really is slower -- you're constantly taking the pen off the paper, with every stroke --
Posted by: ace at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (1wjle)

Thank you for making me realize why cursive was invented! In a world of quills and inkwells, keeping the pen on paper extended ink life and cut down on unwanted blots and messiness.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (0bjKf)

152 I think I can still write cursive, tho I hardly ever write at all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (Zz0t1)

153
toby928,

It's good to see ya. Hadn't seen ya in a few days and was hoping nothing was wrong.

Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (3ek7K)

154 My writing is a mix of cursive and printing. Possibly means I am a sociopath.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (pDt9x)

155 149 Tar and feathers
Posted by: nurse ratched

... although I concede we don't create enough trans-chickens.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (gKWVE)

156 Husband and I have noticed that our handwriting has become messy.

We think it's because most stuff is done online now.

Use it or lose it.
Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:30 PM (3ek7K)
===

Pretty much. When I was a lad, everyone in my grade was expected to bring a fountain or cartridge pen to school. Being a parochial school, conformity was the rule; so when I demonstrated my prowess at writing with the left-hand, the Sisters huddled like refs after a penalty call in a playoff game. After some discussion, it was determined that I could continue with my sinister writing career.

Posted by: mrp at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (rj6Yv)

157 I've really been working on my handwriting. My signature looks pretty decent now. Not great. But readable and slightly pleasant. I try taking notes for everything to get practice. I take notes after reading at night, to keep track of what is going on with expansive books, and for practice. It is slow going. But it gets better little by little. It's almost like I'm relearning.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (3uBP9)

158 What's the under/over on the number of shootings at the Jesse Jackson funeral?. The Clintons, Obama and Biden will be there so a lot of security, but yutes be yutes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (/C62k)

159 Show of hands - who knows cursive?

Sure, don't pick the pen up while you're printing!

I left cursive behind in high school when we had something called "Mechanical Drawing" (i.e. drafting). Also, algebra, trig, and calculus didn't lend themselves to cursive.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (R1D6K)

160 I was out of town being busy this seven days and didn't really read all the posts. I assume there were some good ones, Iran war and all.

Maybe I am being soft but I feel for the Iranian Navy sailors. They didn't stand a chance. If they are all conscripts, I feel doubly bad. Like that frigate, one day you are cruising around a military regatta looking spiffy, the next day you are below decks trying to breath seawater.

The IRGC guys? Kill them all. They want to be there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (4NO2D)

161 "I'm fluent in cursive, but like a lot of us here I have to really slow down and concentrate to make it legible."

Ditto. Lord help me if I have to go back and read my own notes.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (DgMqy)

162 The quality of the writing utensil makes a big difference in the quality of my penmanship. The quality of my penmanship also varies greatly depending on my mental state. And that varies from all block to all cursive with varying levels of legibility.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (RkOfE)

163 Everyone here knows how to write in cursive, I imagine. Not knowing cursive is the curse of teenagers.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (GD0B3)

164 before I realized that "trauma zoo" was actually "tomatoes"

If anyplace on Earth had a trauma zoo it would be this place. "And here we see a fine specimen of 'forced to eat Kaboom cereal' in full plumage!"

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (PHjsi)

165 155 ... although I concede we don't create enough trans-chickens.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 12:37 PM (gKWVE)

What about Jive Turkeys?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (wa/yD)

166 I checked a few weeks ago to see if I can still write cursive. I can, but it looks nothing like it used to.

I still write cursive regularly, because it’s faster when taking notes. But it’s not often enough to remember all of the capitals, because some of them are very rare. I’m always forgetting exactly how to do Q and one or two others I don’t remember offhand.

That said, it comes back easily if I do a search on the letter and see it again.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 12:38 PM (EXyHK)

167 I'm surprised at all the people here who have forgotten cursive or prefer not to use it. I know the kids growing up in the 2000s weren't taught cursive, because I had to teach Jr. Black myself. But all you people with lawns surprise me. Maybe it's a guy thing? I write in cursive because it's just faster.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (qBdHI)

168 The Palmer Method used to give out little awards to schoolchildren when they showed proficiency. Now we send children out to protest ICE and they can't write or spell.

Posted by: Illiterate, Innumerate, Sometimes Incontinent at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (oftw2)

169 Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
Virginia Democrats have not wasted time in moving the state to the far left after taking control with Gov. Spanberger. A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

170 Savory cornbread>>>>>>>sweet cornbread

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (W2Pud)

171 "Thank you for being a smart person and reading for me. I'm lucky to have you. I love you. I couldn't write this without you."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (BI5O2)

172 Tar and feathers

----
I hope this refers to the fib before they are dismantled.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (RkOfE)

173 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (o7qMm)

Whew! My favorite idiot troll showed! This weekend is gonna be LIT!

Posted by: Denny Crane - Whiskey and Cigars For Everyone On My Balcony! at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (RfVfI)

174
I left cursive behind in high school when we had something called "Mechanical Drawing" (i.e. drafting).

Block letters FTW!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (xG4kz)

175 If McCarthy is confronted with the FBI special files that JackStraw mentions above, he might have a nervous breakdown

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (/C62k)

176 Savory cornbread>>>>>>>sweet cornbread

All cornbreads matter!

(Except Madison.)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (EXyHK)

177 Reportedly Iran's diminutive FM called his counterpart in Cuba today. My own guess as to the content:

"Hey Pedro, do you know if there are any nice places in North Korea?"

"Well Abbas, I was just starting to check that out myself."

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (U/Byj)

178 Cornbread with cracklins FTW.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)

179 What's the under/over on the number of shootings at the Jesse Jackson funeral?. The Clintons, Obama and Biden will be there so a lot of security, but yutes be yutes

Is that funeral open to the public? I'd be really surprised if they're gonna allow randos to walk in at something where the dog eater will be present.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (2ocoG)

180 McCarthy is another idiot who came out of nowhere to somehow gain the currency to be called a “conservative commentator”.

His big accomplishment was being part of a team of prosecutors who jailed a few terrorists.

That somehow turned into he’s a “voice of conservatives and legal expert on everything”.

It’s absolutely fascinating how people like him utilize one event in their lives to suddenly position themselves as a spokesperson on everything conservative, when on almost every issue he is wrong.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (IJqrQ)

181
Hello everyone! It has been a long week and I'm desperate to knock off early so a lot of posts are going to be pretty brief. I hope you understand!

Who told you that Teh Horde would allow you to leave early? We demand genuine AoSHQ content.

Dance, Ewok. Dance.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (y9nCu)

182 The Voice of the Royals, now a Hall of Famer, has the most consistent, beautiful "hand" I've ever seen.
Unbelievable.
Wonder if he got his cheek pulled by Sister Frances De Chantelle in 3rd grade?

Posted by: MkY at March 06, 2026 12:40 PM (q6tQZ)

183 @JonathanTurley
Virginia Democrats have not wasted time in moving the state to the far left after taking control with Gov. Spanberger. A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (RHGPo)

A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (Zz0t1)

184 Nobody types in cursive anymore. Sad!

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (R1D6K)

185 But aside from/after that. wow. Just a non-stop cavalcade of bad or ridiculous calls and pathetic excuse-making for his beloved and largely failed system.

Posted by: rhomboid
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He was OK before 2016. Seems he made a decision back then which side he was on.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (HjVhR)

186 My cursive was legible, but not pretty, probably because I am left handed. My printing has always been neat, but my hand gets tired more quickly, mostly because I do not hand-write in journals anymore.

My mom had beautiful cursive writing, even when she was in her 80s. Dad's was cool looking and legible, but very angular and sharp.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (PSEDc)

187 As far as illegible handwriting goes, I have you all beat.
Posted by: Michael J. Fox at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Y1sOo)

Bee. Bop.

Hold. My. Beer.

Posted by: Stephen Hawking at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (RfVfI)

188 She's a DC staffer. Guys in that town like their love notes to look like they were written by a 7th grader.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (BI5O2)

189 My problems are, keeping straight rows, not changing writing density as I approach the left margin, and having consistent angles with the ascenders/descenders. I use a dark line page under the writing page to help horizontality, I make a point to stop early before the margin to help with cramming together, and I make little diagonal lines with a light pencil after I finish a page to see how my consistency is going.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (3uBP9)

190 A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.

That's the most retarded law I've ever heard of. And there's a lot of competition there.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (2ocoG)

191 I always the cursive uppercase Q was ridiculous. Hard to write, and bears no relationship to the printed letter.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (tj1W+)

192 She's a DC staffer. Guys in that town like their love notes to look like they were written by a 7th grader.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (BI5O2)
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There are some rather dark implications to that comment...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (ESVrU)

193 Show of hands - who knows cursive? And, which does the Horde prefer, cursive, or print writing??
Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (pDt9x)
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I'm fluent in cursive, but like a lot of us here I have to really slow down and concentrate to make it legible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ESVrU)

I can still do it, but use block letters more than I did before learning how to compose on a keyboard. That began in 1996. I was working for NDC when I returned from Sweden, a paging company. Remember when, LOL? I recall the big Tyson- Holyfield fight (the first one). There were a TON of pissed off texts.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (w6EFb)

194 She's a DC staffer. Guys in that town like their love notes to look like they were written by a 7th grader.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Bit old for my taste.
-Joey B

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (MGB5H)

195 I'm fluent in cursive, but like a lot of us here I have to really slow down and concentrate to make it legible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ESVrU)

I did college in block letters, though I admit to keep up with the lectures I developed a lot of contractions -- "FR" meant both 'for' and 'from', for example -- and it was a bit unreadable by other people. That contraction is both a unique text block and the meaning is determined by context.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (rbvCR)

196 183
A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

We are going to improve on that musty old document made by cis white slaveholders!

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (+4yJ5)

197 In Twitch news, Hasan Piker has managed to make himself politically radioactive to other Leftist vermin.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (Ns3kx)

198 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (0U5gm)

199 In Twitch news, Hasan Piker has managed to make himself politically radioactive to other Leftist vermin.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (Ns3kx)

Deport him to Iran on the end of a Tomahawk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

200 186 My cursive was legible, but not pretty, probably because I am left handed. My printing has always been neat, but my hand gets tired more quickly, mostly because I do not hand-write in journals anymore.

My mom had beautiful cursive writing, even when she was in her 80s. Dad's was cool looking and legible, but very angular and sharp.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 12:41 PM (PSEDc)

Left handers generally have neater handwriting and are better artists, though?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (wa/yD)

201 Not only do I know cursive, I can write in Spencerian Script.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 06, 2026 12:43 PM (XV/Pl)

202 In Twitch news, Hasan Piker has managed to make himself politically radioactive to other Leftist vermin.

===

deport

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (GD0B3)

203 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at

Nope. Just signature.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (MGB5H)

204 There gonna let a halfrican speak over Jesse's funeral?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (pZ64F)

205 It has been a long week and I'm desperate to knock off early so a lot of posts are going to be pretty brief. I hope you understand!

===

That's fine.
*makes note in permanent record*

Posted by: Passive Aggressive MBA Millenial Bosses at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (RIvkX)

206 toby that Iranian frigate story is pathetic. We may never know the details (on the other side). The obvious thing to have done was sit tight in a neutral port (where they were) for the time being. But given how clueless and bumbling the Iranian leadership is, who knows. They might have ordered to ship "home" (um, through a sea of US ships in the Arabian Sea?). Or some wild idea like serving as a radar picket northwest of Diego Garcia.

Today it's reported another Iranian navy ship has docked in an Indian port (name/type not known), where hopefully it will ride out the festivities.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (U/Byj)

207 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?

What's a check?

Posted by: the last 2 generations at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (n5tGW)

208 In Twitch news, Hasan Piker has managed to make himself politically radioactive to other Leftist vermin.

How'd he manage that? And isn't he going to have Newsom on his stream?

"Shock shock shock, shock Gavin, I can't stop"...

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (2ocoG)

209 The only cursive I write is my signature and that's largely ineligible.

I turned it into an autograph-like thing in the 90s.

There's a story behind that......but not important right now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (Zz0t1)

210 203 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at

Nope. Just signature.
---------------
Remember when we called it 'real writing?'

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (pZ64F)

211 My handwriting is so bad I spent 10 minutes looking at my shopping list before I realized that "trauma zoo" was actually "tomatoes"

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (wZvvl)

212 You must have a touch of sugar in cornbread. Otherwise, it's like eating some nags fodder.

Posted by: My Mudder Ate Her Fodder at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (oftw2)

213 We had to learn to print and write in cursive in grammar school. I know how to do both, I excute both poorly. Even more these days.

I should've gone to med school.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (viF8m)

214 I can remember my first day of college when I took notes in cursive, and couldn't read them later.
The second day I learned how to print, upper and lower case, faster than I could write in cursive.
Four years of undergrad notes all printed.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (RHGPo)

215 There was a cursive typewriter font. It was horrid, sort of difficult to read.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (//5Rf)

216 Writing in script requires practice. It is a manual skill after all. I used to have good cursive, but now I struggle for legibility since I hardly write anymore.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (4NO2D)

217 My job in land survey often requires me to read old documents written in the 1800s. Sometimes it's easy, the surveyor had a nice consistent form. Others are a nightmare.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (PSEDc)

218 Anyone who is lucky enough to have received correspondence from Mr Poppins has seen his beautiful calligraphy.

It’s stunning.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (W2Pud)

219 second most annoying thing after having to jump over the troll, is having to jump over people copying/responding to the troll
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

You did see even ace responded to ASS, right?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Dammit I Am Like 15 Minutes Behind. at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (RfVfI)

220 Why anyone credits Andy McCarthy mystifies me.

He is the Jim Cramer of RINOs.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (RIvkX)

221 My cursive was legible, but not pretty, probably because I am left handed.

--

My brother (born in '62) was a leftie and was literally forced to learn to write cursive with his right hand. My younger sister (born in '66) is also a leftie, but didn't get that treatment. Somewhere between those years, the teachers must've figured out it was stupid to force left handed youngsters to write cursive with their right hand.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (qBdHI)

222 195 I did college in block letters, though I admit to keep up with the lectures I developed a lot of contractions -- "FR" meant both 'for' and 'from', for example -- and it was a bit unreadable by other people. That contraction is both a unique text block and the meaning is determined by context.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:42 PM (rbvCR)

I remember having to take a class in high school for "Superwrite", some formal system of short forms for writing notes.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (wa/yD)

223 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?

That's the one thing I still use cursive for, and that happens maybe once or twice a year. I pity anyone trying to actually read it.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)

224 I can remember my first day of college when I took notes in cursive, and couldn't read them later.
The second day I learned how to print, upper and lower case, faster than I could write in cursive.
Four years of undergrad notes all printed.
Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM

If you take notes while high, you have to get high again to decipher them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (4NO2D)

225

The schools here have the students do most of their work on computers now. Even in elementary school.

I think that is wrong, there is no telling how many kids don't know how to write in cursive.

Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (3ek7K)

226 Russian Agitprop, shortened from Agitacionnopropagandistskij otdel "Agitation-Propaganda Section"

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (RHGPo)

227 Anyone who is lucky enough to have received correspondence from Mr Poppins has seen his beautiful calligraphy.

It’s stunning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (W2Pud)

====
I expected to see more of him post-retirement...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (RIvkX)

228 A lot of cursive lowercase bears little resemblance to the letter. f looked like a mutant between g and l, z was like wut and the r looked half upside down. I never liked any of it, especially when all the forms you had to fill out demanded it be done in "print".

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (gKWVE)

229 Actually there are people online telling Gavin not to associate with Hasan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM (Ns3kx)

230 My main writing implement is a Noodler's Ahab Flex Pen. My inks of choices are, Heart of Darkness, 54th Massachusetts, and Park Red.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM (XV/Pl)

231 My signature is probably my worst cursive. One of my first jobs I had a weekly payroll of 600 and the ops guy refused to have a signature stamp, so I had to sign them all by hand. My signature got much shorter as a result.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM (0U5gm)

232 The Iranian frigate was headed in the direction of our base at Diego Garcia. It was fully loaded with ordnance.

We also have access to their comms.

You figure out the rest. This administration doesn’t do anything militarily by the seat of its pants.

Posted by: Marcus T at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM (IJqrQ)

233 Is Madison Cornbread her real name, or a Sefton-like nic?

Posted by: Jefferson Sourdough at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM (j1o7q)

234 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?

Damned straight! It's why I order checks that are 6" high by 12" long.

Posted by: John Hancock at March 06, 2026 12:48 PM (R1D6K)

235 The schools here have the students do most of their work on computers now. Even in elementary school.

I think that is wrong, there is no telling how many kids don't know how to write in cursive.

Posted by: four seasons

I don't believe cursive is even taught in public schools anymore.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 12:48 PM (0U5gm)

236 F U Cn Rd Ths, U Cn Gt A Gd Jb!

Posted by: 1978 Subway Ad at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oftw2)

237 What’s a check?

Posted by: Marcus T at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM (IJqrQ)

238 208 In Twitch news, Hasan Piker has managed to make himself politically radioactive to other Leftist vermin.

How'd he manage that? And isn't he going to have Newsom on his stream?

"Shock shock shock, shock Gavin, I can't stop"...
Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (2ocoG)

It's OK, Anisa Johma still wants to get in his pants to cvck her husband, idubbbz.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM (wa/yD)

239 Is Madison Cornbread her real name, or a Sefton-like nic?
Posted by: Jefferson Sourdough at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM

It's uh ...

zzzZZZZzzzz

Posted by: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM (4NO2D)

240 The only cursive I write is my signature and that's largely ineligible.

My signature turned from proper cursive to a quick scrawl the first time I bought a house and had to sign 30+ places at the closing.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM (2ocoG)

241 I remember those ball electric typewriters where you changed the ball to change the font.

Posted by: the last 2 generations at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM (n5tGW)

242
My father, despite being to intuit almost anything, could not spell to save his life, either. And he still can't.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (wa/yD)

My Dad has the most gorgeous, perfect handwriting. And absolutely consistent, so that if you compare two samples of his writing composed 20 years apart, the only difference is that one will have slightly faded ink.

But he couldn't write two sentences on the same sheet of paper without having misspellings in both of them.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 12:50 PM (y9nCu)

243 Maybe we could also have a museum for unwanted nasty-cooched swamp hags... but I wouldn't put it near the Alamo. How about in the basement of the Obama Library.

Posted by: Pee Wee at March 06, 2026 12:50 PM (7Q0e+)

244 no sock required

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 12:50 PM (n5tGW)

245 You must have a touch of sugar in cornbread. Otherwise, it's like eating some nags fodder.

The sugar doesn’t have to come from processed sugar, however. It could come from a high-sugar produce, such as… corn.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 12:50 PM (EXyHK)

246 If you take notes while high, you have to get high again to decipher them.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (4NO2D)

Lotta truth there!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I'm High Right Now. at March 06, 2026 12:50 PM (RfVfI)

247 My signature turned from proper cursive to a quick scrawl the first time I bought a house and had to sign 30+ places at the closing.
Posted by: Ian S. at

The only part of my signature that even has a pacing resemblance to letters is the first letter of my last name.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:50 PM (MGB5H)

248 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (EtnSa)

249 Greetings Horde

Today's Fox Bidness Varney Trivia Question:

When did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone:

1866
1876
1886
1896

This week for the second week in a row they read one of my comments on air. I obviously have too much time on my hands....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (QGaXH)

250 My signature turned from proper cursive to a quick scrawl the first time I bought a house and had to sign 30+ places at the closing.
Posted by: Ian S.

That's a White Supremacy Statement, if I ever read one!

Posted by: Section 8 at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (oftw2)

251 "What's a check?
Posted by: the last 2 generations:"

It's how the person in front of me pays whenever I don't go to self-checkout

Posted by: James Talarico at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (GUOwU)

252 Annisa and Ifdubz deserve each other, in jail,

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (Ns3kx)

253 Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (PSEDc)

Wow; I think that would be a cool part of the job!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (wZvvl)

254 The Israeli approach to getting high-priority targets is kind of amusing. Also known as "P for plenty" among practitioners of certain splodey arts.

Reportedly 50 planes dropped 100 bombs on a leadership bunker in Tehran, with intel that some (remaining) big-wig, er, big-turban, was present. In Beirut when they sent Nasrallah to his reward reportedly 80 bombs were used.

Go big, then go home (and bomb targets in Lebanon on the way, in some cases).

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (U/Byj)

255 My signature turned from proper cursive to a quick scrawl the first time I bought a house and had to sign 30+ places at the closing.

That, and signing acknowledgements at the doctor’s office, and probably one or two other things, and I begin to wonder how useful a signature is, given that the final signature bears no apparent resemblance to the first signature.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (EXyHK)

256 I remember those ball electric typewriters where you changed the ball to change the font.
Posted by: the last 2 generations at March 06, 2026 12:49 PM

The IBM Selectric was the pinnacle of the typewriter art, just before the entire industry were supplanted by word processing.

Sort of the WWII battleship of typewriters.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (4NO2D)

257 1876

Posted by: Section 8! at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (oftw2)

258 I wonder if Reddit has a handwriting thread

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (/C62k)

259 Nothing ever happens.

Posted by: torabora at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (KtOUo)

260 234 People have to write in cursive to write a check, no?

Damned straight! It's why I order checks that are 6" high by 12" long.
Posted by: John Hancock at March 06, 2026 12:48 PM
Ha! I write like an 8 year old boy. And math like a newborn.

Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (sH4Bk)

261 I write in cursive because it's just faster.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 12:39 PM (qBdHI)

Ballpoints can be wielded like a crayon, but if you have a pen with a nib or use a delicate quill, you have to take that into consideration. You can also write like you are trying to gouge the letters into a block of wood
Mom taught and had a gorgeous Palmer hand, I learned it after she died, mostly because she hated my handwriting.
I got steel nibs, fountain pens and I have worked at cutting quills, and they all require a different handwriting than a ballpoint pen.

The thing I find fascinating now is Roman handwriting. They are digging up wooden "note boards" in Northern Scotland in the Vindolanda fort, and other places, and the handwriting is fascinating, it probably will be my next bit of obsession.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)

262 It's OK, Anisa Johma still wants to get in his pants to cvck her husband, idubbbz.

Don't all of Hasan's female orbiters want to get/have gotten in his pants? Which is weird because there's strong evidence he's a gay furry (not that there's any other kind of furry).

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

263 I taught myself to write with both hands. I can also write backwards and upside down with both hands.

Yes, I'm old. What's it to you, kid?

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (lBwkW)

264 When I handwrite something, I wait for the red squiggly line to show up under the words I've most likely misspelled.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (Zz0t1)

265 TAJBAKHSH: “You know, I know this may sound controversial…but I think a lot of commentary is missing the big picture.”

“To simplify it, I would put it this way.”

“I don’t think it’s right to say that President Trump has started a war with Iran.”

“I think President Trump wants to finish a war that Iran started in 1979, 47 years ago.”

Then he shared a story from inside Iran:

“These aren’t just words. Let me tell you an anecdote.”

“In 2003, 2004 when I was there in Iran, working on projects at a very high level, I was talking with deputy ministers…going back and forth.”

“I was in the foreign ministry in Tehran where I met someone very senior who was semi-sympathetic to the projects we were doing.”

“But as I was leaving, he looked me in the eye and said, as an Iranian-American I want you to listen very carefully.”

“He said we in this building…meaning the foreign ministry, meaning the government, meaning the regime…”

“He said we believe we are at war with the United States.”

“He said at that time it’s a cold war, but it’s a war nonetheless.”

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (RHGPo)

266 Today it's reported another Iranian navy ship has docked in an Indian port (name/type not known), where hopefully it will ride out the festivities.
Posted by: rhomboid

Al Jazeera and Breitbart as sources.
BREAKING: Indian authorities say that they gave shelter to 183 sailors on Iranian ship IRIS Lavan after the vessel reached out in distress on February 28, the day the US and Israel began their ongoing war on Iran.

The IRIS Bushehr, an Iranian Navy fleet supply ship, was interned by Sri Lanka after its captain surrendered the vessel to Sri Lankan authorities amid heightened hostilities. Sri Lanka took custody of the 1970s-era vessel within its territorial waters, removed 208 crew members, and will hold the ship at Trincomalee for the duration of the conflict.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

267
Cursive died with love letters.

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (Y8DZL)

268 I remember those ball electric typewriters where you changed the ball to change the font.

Posted by: the last 2 generations

The soviets set up listening posts to record Selectric typewriters as they made tiny vibrations against windows, and used the minute time lags to determine which letters were being typed, since the ball had a specific rate of turn to punch each letter. If I recall, there were three letters vertically, so the ball had to turn as well as incline, depending upon the key that was pressed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (0U5gm)

269 Ha! I write like an 8 year old boy. And math like a newborn.
Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (sH4Bk)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (Zz0t1)

270 I remember those ball electric typewriters where you changed the ball to change the font.

The first really good printer I had was a daisywheel. I was amazed at the quality over dot matrix, and the ability to quickly change fonts.

I was also amazed at the durability. They looked incredibly flimsy, but I printed a crapload on that printer and even the wheel I used by default never broke. Not even the period that was used for graphics.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (EXyHK)

271 Yeah, if I have to sign something anymore, it's a line with some bumps.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (DgMqy)

272 Cursive died with love letters.
Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (Y8DZL)

Went the way of the mix tape.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (Zz0t1)

273 >>It's OK, Anisa Johma still wants to get in his pants to cvck her husband, idubbbz.

She looks like Hep C with tits.

Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (l9aEn)

274 Posted by: James Talarico at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (GUOwU)

Person writing a check would probably be quicker than self checkout where at least at my market it tells me either "Weight not found" or "Item not found" and a real person has to fix it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (wZvvl)

275 Cursive? Pshaw. Schools went downhill when they stopped requiring Latin, among other things.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (//5Rf)

276 Actually there are people online telling Gavin not to associate with Hasan.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:47 PM (Ns3kx)
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Not me. I strongly encourage to discuss Middle East affairs and economic policy.

Two geniuses trying to out-genius each other. Very entertaining.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (RIvkX)

277 Ha! I write like an 8 year old boy. And math like a newborn.
Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (sH4Bk)

Using "math" as a verb... priceless.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I'm High Right Now. at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (RfVfI)

278 The world would be a better place if Hasan had collected a harem, a harem of Taylor Lorenz clones.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (Ns3kx)

279 He said we believe we are at war with the United States.”
---------

Whoa whoa... not with us!!

Posted by: Democrats at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (Et1h0)

280 Unlike ASS, the comb jelly might have a brain
tinyurl.com/46me72cr

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (gKWVE)

281 The world would be a better place if Hasan had collected a harem, a harem of Taylor Lorenz clones.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (Ns3kx)

He has carnal knowledge of goats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Zz0t1)

282 262 Don't all of Hasan's female orbiters want to get/have gotten in his pants? Which is weird because there's strong evidence he's a gay furry (not that there's any other kind of furry).
Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

The difference here is : idubbbz is actually trying to help get Anisa into Hasan's pants.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (wa/yD)

283 Well then a banzai charge by the Iranian frigate? Sort of like Yamato, but with even worse prospects. I am not certain of many details, so keep my speculation general.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (U/Byj)

284 Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (PSEDc)

Wow; I think that would be a cool part of the job!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 12:51 PM (wZvvl)

I like it. Some of the others I work with hate it. And the younger guys can't even read cursive. I also notice that some of those old timers used a more German style, something I learned when I was a nerdy teenager in German class.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (PSEDc)

285 Actually, I have a Smith Corona typewriter with a cursive typeface.

I do write in all caps, although I sometimes practice cursive.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (gQ15S)

286 Nobody gives a shit about Madison
People care a lot more about the 92000 job LOSS in Feb
We should be gaining 200000 per month. Like under sleepy ZJoes avg not losing almost 100000
People care more about gasoline and natural gas prices exploding

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 06, 2026 12:55 PM (o7qMm)

287

Speaking of signatures...

A petition to require voter ID and allow only U.S. citizens to vote has gained momentum in California and surpassed the required 875,000-signature threshold to qualify for the November ballot, the group leading the effort said.

According to Reform California, a nonpartisan political activism group, organizers submitted the "California Voter ID Initiative" petition to county authorities with 1.3 million signatures. The group says the petition has garnered bipartisan support, with signatures from Californians representing all walks of life and political persuasions across all 58 of the state’s counties.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 06, 2026 12:56 PM (Cqx++)

288 Don't all of Hasan's female orbiters want to get/have gotten in his pants? Which is weird because there's strong evidence he's a gay furry (not that there's any other kind of furry).
Posted by: Ian S.
=======
They want to be treated like his poor dog, with shock collars. Weird kink among a few women that simply want to be dominated and treated like crap as throwbacks to the darkest remnants of evolutionary psychology.

Same type that likes to go after death row inmates.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

289 The world would be a better place if Hasan had collected a harem, a harem of Taylor Lorenz clones.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Are there enough 2000 year old hags to constitute a harem?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:56 PM (MGB5H)

290 Cursive? Pshaw. Schools went downhill when they stopped requiring Latin, among other things.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM

Truth. We have an 8th grade report card from my father where he was taking Latin, in South Carolina, in the early 1940s.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:56 PM (4NO2D)

291 “He said we believe we are at war with the United States.”

“He said at that time it’s a cold war, but it’s a war nonetheless.”
====

No! Really? I shan't believe this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 12:56 PM (RIvkX)

292 267
Cursive died with love letters.
Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (Y8DZL)

Great point! How creepy would getting a letter that says "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU SMELL SO NICE I JUST WANT TO EAT YOU UP!"

Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Never Actually Written a Love Letter, That Was Good, Right? at March 06, 2026 12:57 PM (RfVfI)

293 FWIW, California figures on job losses include the now concluded Kaiser Permanente strike which sidelined 30k workers from January to the end of February. Strike is now settled and workers are back on the job.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

294 Cursive died with love letters.
Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:53 PM (Y8DZL)

Great point! How creepy would getting a letter that says "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU SMELL SO NICE I JUST WANT TO EAT YOU UP!"
Posted by: Denny Crane - I've

It's best to use letters cut out of magazines.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (MGB5H)

295 You figure out the rest. This administration doesn’t do anything militarily by the seat of its pants.

What about taking a dump? Do they have a plan for that?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

296 Two geniuses trying to out-genius each other. Very entertaining.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
=====
Left out the /sarc tag.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (E4rtv)

297 Andy McCarthy lacks good judgment.

Anyone familiar with this becky's testimony immediately understood its implausibility. The kind of people who believe her limo story get their understanding of presidential transport from Air Force 1 action movies.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (SSEhk)

298 toby that Iranian frigate story is pathetic. We may never know the details (on the other side). The obvious thing to have done was sit tight in a neutral port (where they were) for the time being. But given how clueless and bumbling the Iranian leadership is, who knows. They might have ordered to ship "home" (um, through a sea of US ships in the Arabian Sea?). Or some wild idea like serving as a radar picket northwest of Diego Garcia.

Today it's reported another Iranian navy ship has docked in an Indian port (name/type not known), where hopefully it will ride out the festivities.
Posted by: rhomboid at March 06, 2026 12:44 PM (U/Byj)

Maybe Iran couldn't pay the moorage charges?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (8zz6B)

299 She looks like Hep C with tits.
Posted by: garrett at March 06, 2026 12:54 PM (l9aEn)
===

From now on I shall think of this whenever I have the misfortune of going to the Tenderloin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

300 The Media Thinks Kristi Noem Was Fired...Trump Just Promoted an MMA Fighter to Run the Border

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (RHGPo)

301 One day I am in an adjacent office to where I work and I see a piece of paper sitting out with my signature on it. I did not recognize the paper and for a second my blood went cold. And I am telling you it was MY signature. I'm not saying my signature is super intricate, it's not. But it is at least a little distinctive.

Anyway it was only the signature of some local lawyer, who by some very strange coincidence, has the exact same signature as me. And what are the chances I would ever come across it. So flipping weird.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Et1h0)

302
What about taking a dump? Do they have a plan for that?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah... Make sure the toilet seat is down...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (VE6XX)

303 Person writing a check would probably be quicker than self checkout…

Self-checkout has gotten faster at one of the two grocery stores I frequent most; they seem to have learned over time. When I put my own cloth shopping bags on the scale (they’re more durable than plastic or paper, and I thrive on microbes), it no longer requires a cashier to come over.

The other grocery store’s scan-as-you-go self checkout still, after at least five years, tells me to be sure to take my receipt, despite the machine never having had a printer.

And the scan-as-you-go supermarket I use where my dad lives always has to have a cashier make sure I’m not stealing anything from them for two or three visits before it trusts me, probably because they haven’t programmed it to recognize that I’m only there around Thanksgiving, Spring, and a specific weekend each in August and September.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 01:00 PM (EXyHK)

304 What about taking a dump? Do they have a plan for that?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah... Make sure the toilet seat is down...
Posted by: It's me donna

Drop pants first.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 01:00 PM (MGB5H)

305 Cursive died with love letters.
Posted by: Auspex

And common sense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 01:00 PM (FXNzP)

306 292 Great point! How creepy would getting a letter that says "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU SMELL SO NICE I JUST WANT TO EAT YOU UP!"
Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Never Actually Written a Love Letter, That Was Good, Right? at March 06, 2026 12:57 PM (RfVfI)

Especially if you include a crude stick figure drawing of you roasting the object of the letter on a spit.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 01:00 PM (wa/yD)

307 108 Show of hands - who knows cursive? And, which does the Horde prefer, cursive, or print writing??
Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:31 PM (pDt9x)

I lost the ability to write in cursive after taking Mechanical Drawing for a year, back in high school.

It's a fuqing miracle I can write my name in cursive ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (3sXRv)

308 Would we be better off

Posted by: DaveA at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (FhXTo)

309 I think the Palmer method cursive gave you a choice on the Qs, either one similar to printing, off the O shape, or one that looked like a fancy number two. There was also a choice of lower case Rs.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (sl73Y)

310 There was a cursive typewriter font. It was horrid, sort of difficult to read.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 12:45 PM (//5Rf)

The High School secretary did all the documents in a cursive font typewriter. I think it was to make it hard to fake a document.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (rbvCR)

311 Lots of people in abusive relationships that stay in them do so because they feel the abuse shows that the other person "loves" and "cares" for them. It's sick but growing up that is what they are programed to believe.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (9AdGW)

312 Hold it ! You mean grand theft limo was fake ? I am devastated.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (XqFM2)

313 304 What about taking a dump? Do they have a plan for that?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah... Make sure the toilet seat is down...
Posted by: It's me donna

Drop pants first.

...IN THE BATHROOM.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 01:02 PM (DgMqy)

314 Would we be better off if he'd taken the Beast for a 535 speed bump ride?

Posted by: DaveA at March 06, 2026 01:02 PM (FhXTo)

315 Useful Idiot, emphasis on "idiot."

Posted by: red speck at March 06, 2026 01:02 PM (Ve/HL)

316 Drop pants first.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Assumes facts not in evidence
(excepting the book thread)

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 01:02 PM (gKWVE)

317 LOL. Putin's mentor, Alexander Dugin's most recent speech includes these in his roll of honor,

From X. Source is Dugin's speech on Paideuma.TV@PaideumaTV Mar 5.

Commentary by Avi Avidan
@avavidan

"Perhaps the sweetest vindication comes in Dugin's roll call of Western influencers he praises as allies, those "real MAGA" voices he believes can sow division from within. He names them explicitly: Tucker Carlson,Candace Owens, Alex Jones, Andrew Napolitano, Larry Johnson, Jackson Hinkle and Kim Dotcom. Dugin lauds them for echoing his theories, urging outreach to amplify US contradictions. "

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

318 "Russians don't take a shit without having a plan, son."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Zz0t1)

319 "...Tenderloin."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

That is the hottest word ever.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Just Took Some Extasy. at March 06, 2026 01:03 PM (RfVfI)

320 Drop pants first.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Assumes facts not in evidence
(excepting the book thread)
Posted by: gKWVE at

It's an if/then step of the process.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MGB5H)

321 back to the post for a second, throw this chick in jail, give her the full J6 treatment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 01:04 PM (n5tGW)

322 Especially if you include a crude stick figure drawing of you roasting the object of the letter on a spit.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 01:00 PM (wa/yD)

LOL!!!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Just Took Some Extasy. at March 06, 2026 01:04 PM (RfVfI)

323 What about taking a dump? Do they have a plan for that?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah... Make sure the toilet seat is down...
Posted by: It's me donna

Drop pants first.

Huh? When did that start?

Posted by: J. Biden at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

324 It's an if/then step of the process.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MGB5H)

IF 'poopie'
THEN 'use toilet'
ELSE 'Joe Biden'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Zz0t1)

325 I think that is wrong, there is no telling how many kids don't know how to write in cursive.
Posted by: four seasons at March 06, 2026 12:46 PM (3ek7K)

The only reason cursive exists is that it was a crutch to enable one to write with a dip pen, and not make blots. Do they print books in cursive? newspapers? the how-to instructions on a ramen packet?

Teach kids to make blocks lettters legibly, both upper and lower case. And teach them to spell properly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (8zz6B)

326 I have been told that I have good penmanship for a lefty. I still send a lot of handwritten notes to people for various reasons, they seem to appreciate them for the most part. I have every single one of hub's notes that he sent to me.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (0nHVk)

327 My handwriting is a hybrid of print and cursive.
Some letter combos link up cursively and others don't.
It's very distinctive and worked well for decades, but it's deteriorating with being over 29.

My dad- a doctor- had such terrible handwriting that I had to type up a translation of his "My Childhood" letters for the kids' school projects.

Posted by: sal at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (f+FmA)

328 317 Commentary by Avi Avidan
@avavidan

"Perhaps the sweetest vindication comes in Dugin's roll call of Western influencers he praises as allies, those "real MAGA" voices he believes can sow division from within. He names them explicitly: Tucker Carlson,Candace Owens, Alex Jones, Andrew Napolitano, Larry Johnson, Jackson Hinkle and Kim Dotcom. Dugin lauds them for echoing his theories, urging outreach to amplify US contradictions. "
Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

Avi Avidan? As in, Danny Sexbang's father?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (1YL6+)

329 322 Especially if you include a crude stick figure drawing of you roasting the object of the letter on a spit.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 01:00 PM (wa/yD)

LOL!!!
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Just Took Some Extasy. at March 06, 2026 01:04 PM (RfVfI)

I " might " have dated her, in my misspent youth.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 01:06 PM (pDt9x)

330 Posted by: lin-duh at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (9AdGW)

Abusers, especially narcissistic ones, use a form of operant conditioning on their victims. They give "rewards", almost treat like, and keep them coming back by withholding and giving them out in an unpredictable manner. Think of it almost as gambling addiction but the victim doesn't even know they are in a game. I think the proper term is called Variable Ratio Reinforcement. Or Intermittent Reinforcement. And unfortunately it works very very well. It's a total mindfuck.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Et1h0)

331 I still use cursive, and people see it and go, "Oh, you went to Catholic school." Yep.

Posted by: SciVo at March 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Sy6m/)

332 The Iranians are persistent, I'll give them that.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the current war had to happen because immediately after the last strike, Iran started digging even deeper bunkers for their nuclear program.

In an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu said, “The reason that we had to act now is because after we hit their nuclear sites and their ballistic missile program [in June 2025]… they started building new sites… underground bunkers that would make their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb program immune within months.”

“If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future,” he said.

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=70467

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

333
Teach kids to make blocks lettters legibly, both upper and lower case. And teach them to spell properly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (8zz6B)

Readin'
Ritin'
Rithmatic

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

334 Willowed:
77 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (looXz)

Fen, thank you for posting this information. It's quite interesting. I shared it with my husband.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:07 PM (FMtrg)

335 IF 'poopie'
THEN 'use toilet'
ELSE 'Joe Biden'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM

I laughed way too hard at that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 01:08 PM (kgE5c)

336
I laughed way too hard at that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 01:08 PM (kgE5c)

LMMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:09 PM (Zz0t1)

337 It's best to use letters cut out of magazines.
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 12:58 PM (MGB5H
BOOYAH!

Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 01:09 PM (sH4Bk)

338 Abusers, especially narcissistic ones, use a form of operant conditioning on their victims. They give "rewards", almost treat like, and keep them coming back by withholding and giving them out in an unpredictable manner. Think of it almost as gambling addiction but the victim doesn't even know they are in a game. I think the proper term is called Variable Ratio Reinforcement. Or Intermittent Reinforcement. And unfortunately it works very very well. It's a total mindfuck.
Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Et1h0)

Sex for married men is a common example.

Posted by: It's always the husband's fault though at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (TbWk/)

339 I still use cursive, and people see it and go, "Oh, you went to Catholic school." Yep.

I expect one of the reasons my handwriting is so bad is that (a) our Catholic school (first to eighth grade) bundled two classes into each room. Some subjects were taught to the entire room; others were taught to one side or the other.

And (b) cursive was taught in second grade. I was so fascinated by it that I rushed through whatever work they had us first-graders doing in order to follow along when cursive was taught on the other side.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (EXyHK)

340 ITS FUNNY THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS INSTEAD OF PASSING THE SAVE ACT.
OH
WAIT

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (Hkcdp)

341 The only reason cursive exists is that it was a crutch to enable one to write with a dip pen, and not make blots. Do they print books in cursive? newspapers? the how-to instructions on a ramen packet?

Teach kids to make blocks lettters legibly, both upper and lower case. And teach them to spell properly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

This. Cursive stinks.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ)

342 331 I still use cursive, and people see it and go, "Oh, you went to Catholic school." Yep.
Posted by: SciVo at March 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Sy6m/)

All of my cousins on the white side of my family went to Catholic school.

All of my cousins on the white side of my family are gay.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (1YL6+)

343 The Media Thinks Kristi Noem Was Fired...Trump Just Promoted an MMA Fighter to Run the Border
Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 12:59 PM (RHGPo)

It kind of worked with Tulsi Gabbard.
DOGE is sort of populated with gamers, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)

344 Avi Avidan? As in, Danny Sexbang's father?
Posted by: XTC
=====
As in geostrategist, have no idea about the other.

You can watch the Dugin speech at Paideuma.TV@PaideumaTV. Speech is about 30 minutes long. I had it summarized by Grok.

Basically, Dugin is bewailing the fact that a lot of disruptive proxies are being taken off the board by US and/or Israel recently. Hezbollah, Houthis, Venezuela, and now Iran. Makes arguments for multipolarity which Dugin wants less achievable and Dugin argues that it will result in future wars like India v. China, etc.

Those proxies that create situations via terrorism, etc. are what Dugin thinks prevents great powers form conflict.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)

345 I told you about the fake "split" in MAGA that was being engineered as of more than a year ago. Narrated every part of it right here, before Candace and Tucker even got their marching orders. It's a psy op. And the only reason it's *not* working is because Trump knows what they are doing and keeps countering it.

His initial counter was in how he handled the Epstein matter. They had cornered him with it and were going to use it to split the party down the middle. But he responded in a way they predicted he never would - basically creating a split of his own on his terms instead of theirs. Separating out a small amount of "crazies" on his own side instead of letting them make his people duke it out. And it worked.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 01:11 PM (Et1h0)

346 Damn ICE!

Virginia Senate Majority Leader @ssurovell blames *ICE* for the murder of Stephanie Minter:

"There's a dead person in my district because ICE is focused on doing things other than keeping us safe."

Never mind the fact that Fairfax DA Steve Descano released her killer back into the community despite multiple warnings from the police, or the fact that his office doesn't honor ICE detainers, or how Abigail Spanberger ended all cooperation with ICE on day one.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 01:11 PM (FXNzP)

347 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (8zz6B)

Cursive is also very helpful for those with dyslexia. Well, dysgraphia really. Having all the letters connect and flow *really* cuts down on the chances of getting them switched or backwards.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2026 01:12 PM (lFFaq)

348
Politico Magazine, ‘I Stepped Down Because I Saw Where This Was Heading’
Former White House comms director Alyssa Farah talks about the violence at the Capitol, whether she would support her former boss in 2024 and where the party goes from here. 01/07/21

Cheney began communicating with Hutchinson in April 2022.

Hutchinson reached out to Farah Griffin following Hutchinson’s second transcribed interview. Farah Griffin and Hutchinson knew each other from their time working together in the White House. Farah Griffin was one of the first former Trump administration officials to publicly criticize Trump in January 2021, and was publicly working with the Select Committee on its investigation.
--
CHA House gov -
In part, When Hutchinson reached out to Farah Griffin, she invited Hutchinson over to her Georgetown townhome to talk on April 26, 2022. That evening, Hutchinson told Farah Griffin she had more information she could provide to the Select Committee, according to statements by both Hutchinson and Farah Griffin. During their conversation, Farah Griffin agreed to “[contact] Liz Cheney on [Hutchinson’s] behalf about scheduling another interview.”

Alyssa Farah Griffin, The View

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 01:12 PM (NFX2v)

349 With Jan6 as the setting here, what's this about Markwayne Mullen hugging and kissing the killer cop that shot Ashli Babbet, calling him a HERO!!!!??!!

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 06, 2026 01:12 PM (KiBMU)

350 THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS INSTEAD OF PASSING THE SAVE ACT.

Yeah, I don’t think Paxton’s promise has any hope of being called in. If by some miracle it is, I think we could reasonably assume that its success is due entirely to Paxton “agreeing” with President Trump.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 01:12 PM (EXyHK)

351 Sex for married men is a common example.

Posted by: It's always the husband's fault though at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (TbWk/)

Oooh - good one

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (Et1h0)

352 As a schoolgirl in the Netherlands, my southpaw grandmother got her knuckles rapped with a ruler if she wrote with her left hand. Had to learn to write right-handed.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (77rzZ)

353 YOU NEED TO READ CURSIVE TO READ OLDER DOCUMENTS!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (Hkcdp)

354 As a schoolgirl in the Netherlands, my southpaw grandmother got her knuckles rapped with a ruler if she wrote with her left hand. Had to learn to write right-handed.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (77rzZ)

And that little girl was me.

Posted by: Kamala at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (Et1h0)

355 Lots of people in abusive relationships that stay in them do so because they feel the abuse shows that the other person "loves" and "cares" for them. It's sick but growing up that is what they are programed to believe.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (9AdGW)

It is also the idea that "this time I can run it again and get it right"
Added to a lot of feeling of degradation and violation, which leads to feeling it is not possible to do better making a different choice.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR)

356 349 With Jan6 as the setting here, what's this about Markwayne Mullen hugging and kissing the killer cop that shot Ashli Babbet, calling him a HERO!!!!??!!
Posted by: M. Gaga at March 06, 2026 01:12 PM (KiBMU)

Most of the Congressmen and Senators did.. They gave him a medal... I'm not gonna hold this against Mullin...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (VE6XX)

357 I saw a thread where some leftist complaining about Pretti and Good being shot. Someone brought up this same leftist had *endorsed* the killing of Babbitt and Boyd and his answer? THEY DESERVED IT!

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

358 When will Michael Fanone be charged with perjury for his lies on the stand against J6 defendants? The video released by Congress showed his travels that day and showed him to be a consummate liar...I won't hold my breath.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 06, 2026 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

359 I could fix Madison Cornbread. Or at least try . I'd have fun.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 01:14 PM (/C62k)

360 A friend of mine with dyslexia writes in cursive. I think it helps her because it's easier to keep letters of a word in proper order when they are connected.

Another friend with dyslexia writes in mirror cursive because it's easier for her.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (FMtrg)

361 If you actually have to write a lot, cursive can be much faster if you use it often. Some schools are now going to the written page for essays again because of AI. So cursive may make a comeback. Yes, the AI can still be copied, but at least the kid has to read it, LOL.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (n5tGW)

362 Hello everyone! It has been a long week and I'm desperate to knock off early so a lot of posts are going to be pretty brief. I hope you understand!
......

Is Doof too hungover to fill in?

Posted by: wth at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (UjdFS)

363 All of my cousins on the white side of my family went to Catholic school.

All of my cousins on the white side of my family are gay.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 01:10 PM (1YL6+)

Correlation might not equal causation. BUT... it does make one start to ask questions

Posted by: Just sayin at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (TbWk/)

364 Children here in NE NC have always been taught the three "Rs".
Readin'
'Ritin'
Road to Norfolk.

Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oftw2)

365 In an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu said, “The reason that we had to act now is because after we hit their nuclear sites and their ballistic missile program [in June 2025]… they started building new sites… underground bunkers that would make their ballistic missile program and their atomic bomb program immune within months.”

“If no action was taken now, no action could be taken in the future,” he said.

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=70467
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

Sure, you can build your bomb factories deep, deep underground. A thousand meters? No problem. Even a direct hit with a nuke wouldn't destroy it. But how do you get raw materials, workers, and finished product in and out of that sucker? Deep underground lairs need entrances and exits. Destroy those, and "deep underground lair" becomes "deep underground tomb".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (8zz6B)

366 356

Most of the Congressmen and Senators did.. They gave him a medal... I'm not gonna hold this against Mullin...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (VE6XX)

Eh, same here. Just do not expect him to outperform Noem in the job. I suspect he will not.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 01:16 PM (pDt9x)

367 And sometimes abusers tell you they are going to ruin you / make you dead if you leave and they aren’t playing around. It makes it safer to stay.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 01:17 PM (p4NUW)

368 Loudermilk is a funny name.

Posted by: Ben Dover III at March 06, 2026 01:18 PM (oftw2)

369 Children here in NE NC have always been taught the three "Rs".
Readin'
'Ritin'
Road to Norfolk.
Posted by: Sweet Rural Shade
----
Here in W. NC, the inclination is to E. TN mason jars.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

370 Eh, same here. Just do not expect him to outperform Noem in the job. I suspect he will not.

I’m just hoping he’s learned to “see evil in the eyes” of the right people.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 06, 2026 01:18 PM (EXyHK)

371 I don't know why Bibi or Trump for that matter has to give reasons for this. We're tired of your terror shit is good enough.

Freaking half a century of that is far too long.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 06, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)

372 YOU NEED TO READ CURSIVE TO READ OLDER DOCUMENTS!
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 06, 2026 01:13 PM (Hkcdp)

Rachel Jeantel hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:19 PM (Zz0t1)

373 367 And sometimes abusers tell you they are going to ruin you / make you dead if you leave and they aren’t playing around. It makes it safer to stay.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 01:17 PM (p4NUW)

You just described Islam.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:19 PM (FMtrg)

374 And sometimes abusers tell you they are going to ruin you / make you dead if you leave and they aren’t playing around. It makes it safer to stay.
Posted by: Piper
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"I kilt her cause I luved her"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2026 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

375
Is Doof too hungover to fill in?
Posted by: wth at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (UjdFS)

It WAS his birthday yesterday.

And I will say, he absolutely ROCKED it with is musical selection in the ONT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Zz0t1)

376 Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:15 PM (FMtrg)

Once I started using cursive I had *much* less problem with getting letters mixed up or backwards. Math on the other hand has always been a nightmare because of constantly doing both with the numbers. Unfortunately, typing has started to become a problem beyond the standard "teh" that happens to everyone.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (lFFaq)

377 And sometimes abusers tell you they are going to ruin you / make you dead if you leave and they aren’t playing around. It makes it safer to stay.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 01:17 PM (p4NUW)

Happens more than you'd think.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Et1h0)

378 374 And sometimes abusers tell you they are going to ruin you / make you dead if you leave and they aren’t playing around. It makes it safer to stay.
Posted by: Piper
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"I kilt her cause I luved her"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2026 01:19 PM (XeU6L)

you forgot the "and no one else can have her."

Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (tOcjL)

379 361 If you actually have to write a lot, cursive can be much faster if you use it often.

my personal battle with cursive is that i practiced extensively when i was learning russian. now if my mind wanders while i'm writing in cursive it starts coming out in cyrillic.

Posted by: anachronda at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (v3pYe)

380 Loudermilk is a funny name.
Posted by: Ben Dover III

I know, right?
-- Sen. Angela Alsobrooks

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (77rzZ)

381 355 Lots of people in abusive relationships that stay in them do so because they feel the abuse shows that the other person "loves" and "cares" for them. It's sick but growing up that is what they are programed to believe.
Posted by: lin-duh at March 06, 2026 01:01 PM (9AdGW)

Starts in childhood. Mommy and daddy dearest flipping their shit and beating their kids for the slightest of perceived offenses because it's for their own good, "it hurts me more than it hurts you," and because God said so - Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

Posted by: Beat your children well, make their lives hell at March 06, 2026 01:21 PM (TbWk/)

382 Wow. The Rick Wilson blocked me.

I'm somebody!

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 01:21 PM (viF8m)

383 I don't know why Bibi or Trump for that matter has to give reasons for this. We're tired of your terror shit is good enough.

Freaking half a century of that is far too long.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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I mentioned last night that I miss Moshe Dayan.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 06, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

384 The only reason cursive exists is that it was a crutch to enable one to write with a dip pen, and not make blots. Do they print books in cursive? newspapers? the how-to instructions on a ramen packet?

Teach kids to make blocks lettters legibly, both upper and lower case. And teach them to spell properly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 01:05 PM (8zz6B)

Tools dictate the product, and tools carry their own preconceptions and limitations of what the job is.
A ballpoint or mechanical pencil can be wielded like a crayon, where most other writing tools of the West are restricted to broad down strokes, and lighter coasting up and circular strokes. With a rigid nib you can make block prints, but most writing tools are flexible to give a faster flow. Spencerian hand was developed for a steel nib, before that there were other hands that were for feather quill points, Palmer was developed along with the development of the fountain pen.
There is also the cultural approach to what is in style.
However, the first printing press letters were developed around the Carolingian hand which were developed as a highly legible handwriting style for Charlamagne's court

Posted by: Kindltot at March 06, 2026 01:21 PM (rbvCR)

385 I think there's something in Scripture about "bearing false witness" being a bad thing.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:22 PM (FMtrg)

386 my personal battle with cursive is that i practiced extensively when i was learning russian. now if my mind wanders while i'm writing in cursive it starts coming out in cyrillic.
Posted by: anachronda

Same here. I can't write English cursive anymore (except for my signature) without a great deal of effort and concentration.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 01:22 PM (77rzZ)

387 think there's something in Scripture about "bearing false witness" being a bad thing.
Posted by: Emmie -- be

You're forgetting the "except to get Trump" verse.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 01:23 PM (MGB5H)

388 And I will say, he absolutely ROCKED it with is musical selection in the ONT.
Posted by: Sponge

Only because he DIDN'T play Rush.

Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at March 06, 2026 01:23 PM (oftw2)

389 352 As a schoolgirl in the Netherlands, my southpaw grandmother got her knuckles rapped with a ruler if she wrote with her left hand. Had to learn to write right-handed.

my dad had to learn to write left-handed because he was tossed off a horse and broke his right arm when he was in school. he had an odd style that involved hooking his left hand around so that it would come in from the right-handed direction.

Posted by: anachronda at March 06, 2026 01:23 PM (v3pYe)

390 Posted by: Beat your children well, make their lives hell at March 06, 2026 01:21 PM (TbWk

You're really the poster formerly known as
"Insomniac", right?"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 01:23 PM (L2PcB)

391 There were very few movie critics in Shakespeare’s time.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 06, 2026 01:23 PM (l30Kj)

392
Only because he DIDN'T play Rush.
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slirrup at March 06, 2026 01:23 PM (oftw2)

No, only because it f*cking ROCKED.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

393 358 When will Michael Fanone be charged with perjury for his lies on the stand against J6 defendants? The video released by Congress showed his travels that day and showed him to be a consummate liar...I won't hold my breath.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 06, 2026 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

I'm penciling it in for half past never. That tattooed faggot hipster wannabe weepy "tough guy" Will never pay for his perjury, just like Micheal Byrd will never pay for his cold-blooded murder of Ashli Babbitt.

Posted by: They'll continue to prosper at March 06, 2026 01:24 PM (TbWk/)

394 Is Doof too hungover to fill in?
Posted by: wth

It WAS his birthday yesterday.

And I will say, he absolutely ROCKED it with is musical selection in the ONT.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
......

Yeah, I figured he was up till midnight doing the macarena or something.

Posted by: wth at March 06, 2026 01:24 PM (UjdFS)

395 We're tired of your terror shit is good enough.

Freaking half a century of that is far too long.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

BOC has to play Divine Wind one more time before they're too old to tour.

Posted by: DaveA at March 06, 2026 01:24 PM (FhXTo)

396 Wow. The Rick Wilson blocked me.

I'm somebody!
Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 01:21 PM (viF8m)

You were associating with a pederast?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

397 The Daily Sentinel -May 8, 2024; Updated June 13, 2025

'Cassidy Hutchinson, former Trump White House staffer, speaks at CMU'

Hutchinson was originally slated to work for Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida after his presidency ended. She said she hoped to take the job so she could attempt to keep Trump “in reality.” However, Hutchinson said the job was rescinded because of a perceived lack of loyalty. She also spoke about all the times Trump continued to insist he won the 2020 election and how the West Wing in the final few months of his presidency was a mix of people looking for a way to install him for a second term and people trying to get Trump to tone down his rhetoric.

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A former White House employee of no significance, she's probably got a chance at an insanity plea, and that's why they brought her into the game. A delusional nothing.

Haul in Nan and her photographer daughter, Alexandra. They and Congressman Bennie Thompson are despicable.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 01:24 PM (NFX2v)

398 385 I think there's something in Scripture about "bearing false witness" being a bad thing.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:22 PM (FMtrg)

It's not a lie if you believe it!

Posted by: Costanza defense at March 06, 2026 01:25 PM (TbWk/)

399 Writing is all about speed. My upper case lettering can be perfect because I worked as a draftsman (is there such a thing?) while completing my education. Cursive is a slower, more thoughtful way to write. I mostly go for speed so I write sloppy upper case mostly but some lower case letters get thrown in because it's faster and I'm lazy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 01:25 PM (M9gjJ)

400 368 Loudermilk is a funny name.
Posted by: Ben Dover III at March 06, 2026 01:18 PM (oftw2)

Agreed!

Posted by: Dick Trickle at March 06, 2026 01:25 PM (RfVfI)

401 382 Wow. The Rick Wilson blocked me.
I'm somebody!
Posted by: JackStraw

Let me guess, you listed your gender as male and your birthyear sometime before 2010

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 01:26 PM (gKWVE)

402 Military orders issued through most of the 19th century were in cursive. Clear, precise penmanship was mandatory, particularly in battlefield conditions.

Posted by: mrp at March 06, 2026 01:26 PM (rj6Yv)

403 Once I started using cursive I had *much* less problem with getting letters mixed up or backwards. Math on the other hand has always been a nightmare because of constantly doing both with the numbers. Unfortunately, typing has started to become a problem beyond the standard "teh" that happens to everyone.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 06, 2026 01:20 PM (lFFaq)

Yeah. Imagine math in cursive! lol! (I do write log and ln and lim in cursive, partly because "l" looks like "1".

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 01:26 PM (FMtrg)

404 I still haven't figured out the whole blocking thing. On reddit the person blocks you and you get "punished" by not seeing their drivel.

All I know about you after you "block" me is 1. You're a weenie 2. Two doesn't matter

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Et1h0)

405 286: but if the foreign troll ASS has its way we’d be paying $10 a gallon for gas. So it can spare me the whining.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 01:26 PM (fYhK6)

THE MORNING RANT: Some Other Election News Out of Texas; plus, A Great Summary from Real Clear Investigations of the EV Debacle’s Cost

Paxton’s Chances in the Texas Republican Senate Runoff

There has been a lot of talk about the two Senate primaries in Texas earlier this week, in which James Talarico beat Jasmine Crockett in the Democrat primary, while Ken Paxton forced John Cornyn into a runoff in the Republican primary. I’ve heard about all of the horse-trading going on behind the scenes, as President Trump aims to get one of the Republicans to withdraw. If neither withdraws, I am very hopeful that Paxton wins the runoff.

There has also been much hand-wringing among Republicans and euphoria among Democrats because there were more Democrat votes cast than Republican votes in Texas. While I am frustrated that so many Republican voters skipped the primary, voter turnout in March is almost unrelated to turnout in November’s general election.

In the senate primaries this week, there were 2.07 million Republican ballots cast and 2.22 million Democrat ballots cast. By contrast, four years ago in the mid-term Texas gubernatorial election there were 1.95 million Republican primary ballots and just 1.07 million Democrat primary ballots. But in the November 2022 general election, Greg Abbot received 4.4 million votes and “Beto” O’Rourke received 3.5 million votes. Again, primary turnout is not reflective of the general election.

Beyond that, Texas is infested with so many RINOs because there have been so few contested Democrat primaries in recent decades. Therefore, Democrats often crossed over to the Republican primary to elect left wing, false-flag “Republicans” such as John Cornyn.

Here’s the good news – because there were so many Democrats voting in their own primary this year, John Cornyn cannot count on them bailing him out in the Republican runoff. Anyone who voted in the Democrat primary is now ineligible to vote in the Republican runoff.

This also means, a great number of "sideline" Democrats—who could be tapped for engagement in Republican runoffs—are now not available for that little RINO trick.
— Michael Quinn Sullivan �� (@MQSullivan) March 4, 2026

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Conservatives Sweep Texas State Board of Education Primaries

Elections involving school boards aren’t very sexy, but they are probably more important in the current culture war than the more prominent governor and senate races.

Ryan James Girdusky’s 1776 Project has done an outstanding job pouring resources and training into local school board races and state board of education races. It supported four hard-core conservative candidates in Republican primaries against RINOs and other establishment candidates. All four conservatives won, and if they win their general election races against their Democrat opponents in November, Texas will finally have conservatives in charge of state textbooks and curriculum. Because of Texas’ size and impact, this also affects other states that follow Texas’ lead.

What were these candidates running on? These were the common issues in their campaigns:

• Combatting the woke agenda and leftist indoctrination in schools.

• Defending parental rights in education decisions.

• Promoting conservative values in schools, specifically faith, family, patriotism, liberty, and moral character.

• Supporting high academic standards and expectation.

�� Great news for Texas!@1776ProjectPac endorsed candidates appear on track to sweep the Texas State Board of Education primaries. pic.twitter.com/GCKT08JEUo
— 1776 Project PAC | Text 1776 to 76176 (@1776ProjectPac) March 4, 2026

Much gratitude to Mr. Girdusky and the 1776 Project.

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“One Riot, One Ranger” Statue Stands Proud Again

In the great national convulsion following the death of George Floyd in 2020, there was widespread toppling of patriotic statues across the land. One of those toppled statues was the “One Riot, One Ranger” statue at Dallas Love Field airport. The statue was in tribute to the legendary Texas law enforcement agency, The Texas Rangers.

There is some good news from the least-woke team* in Major League Baseball - the Texas Rangers baseball team has just prominently installed that same Ranger statue at their ballpark (Globe Life Field) in Arlington, TX. (* “Texas Rangers Frustrate LGBTQ Advocates As Only MLB Team Without a Pride Night”

“Statue removed from Dallas Love Field installed at Texas Rangers’ ballpark; The statue of a Texas Rangers law enforcement figure disappeared under a shroud of controversy nearly six years ago” [Dallas Morning News – 3/02/2026]

On Monday morning, the club accepted and installed the 12-foot bronze One Riot, One Ranger statue depicting a member of the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency that had previously stood at Dallas Love Field until it was removed during the racially-charged summer of 2020.

Below is a picture of the despicable desecration in 2020. The header picture at the top of this post is the ranger at his new home.

In case you’ve never heard the “one riot, one ranger” story (which is probably apocryphal): In the late 19th century, lawlessness had broken out in a Texas town, so the mayor telegraphed the governor seeking help from the Texas Rangers. When the train arrived, just one Ranger got off the train. The incredulous mayor asked if there was only one Ranger dispatched, to which the Ranger replied that his understanding was that there was only one riot.

*****

Real Clear Investigations’ Summary of the Costly EV Debacle

James Varney at Real Clear Investigations is a friend of the blog and a heck of a writer. He has written an outstanding piece summarizing the obscene waste of taxpayer money involved in the failed “EV transition.” I’ve extracted some of it, but there is much more, and I encourage you to go read the entire piece.

“Bad Bets: Massive EV Subsidies Not Paying Off” [Real Clear Investigations – 02/26/2026]

The future was supposed to have arrived this year in a cluster of counties just east of Atlanta in the form of a state-of-the-art factory that would churn out 400,000 electric vehicles a year. But when JoEllen Artz looks about her lifetime neighborhood, all she sees are holes.
“Those shovel holes they made in the ground? That’s it,” she said of the planned site of a Rivian manufacturing plant. “It’s awful, awful.”
The problem is not a lack of funds. On the promise of thousands of jobs, elected officials in Washington, D.C., and Atlanta have pledged some $8 billion to the project, including a $6.5 billion loan the Biden administration green-lit in its final hours.
Those loans are just two of the huge public bets, or investments, that state capitals and Washington, D.C., have made on EVs. While no one has calculated exactly how many federal and state dollars both Republican and Democratic elected officials have sent to that green sector, experts RealClearInvestigations consulted fixed the total north of $100 billion.

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Public spending on green energy projects, including EVs, began in earnest in May 2009 when President Obama, flanked in the Rose Garden by Detroit and United Auto Workers executives, unveiled his National Fuel Efficiency Policy. It was, the crowd insisted, “good for consumers, good for the economy, and good for the country.”
There has been bipartisan support for many EV initiatives, and the sector got a huge boost during the Biden administration when funding linked to a NetZero future spread throughout the federal government. The bill goes well beyond the billions of dollars in tax credits the federal government provided to EV buyers until that program was ended last September, and includes school buses, postal delivery vehicles, charging stations, and the big manufacturing loans.
The Energy Department, for example, has spent more than $30 billion. That chunk comes from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing division. Prior to 2019, the ATVM, as it is known, had issued around $8 billion in loans to five different companies. Of those, Nissan repaid its $1.4 billion loan, while Tesla repaid its $465 million loan years ahead of schedule. A $5 billion loan to Ford remains active, but taxpayers lost nearly $210 million on loans to Fisker Automotive and Vehicle Production Group, both of which defaulted, according to the department.

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Some states have labored to force EVs into the market. More than a dozen of them have followed California’s lead, requiring at least 35% of cars offered for sale there annually be “ZEVs,” or “zero emission vehicles,” with all cars being ZEVs by 2035. This complicated, opaque system has made all cars more expensive, according to economists. Congress voted last year to kill California’s plan, but President Trump has not acted on that, and state officials have vowed to sue if he signs it.
On top of the costs of those market manipulations, which can be difficult to compute, are billions in direct state spending on EVs and EV-related projects. Both Republican and Democratic elected officials supporting these moves have done so on the grounds that it would provide an economic boost and be good for the environment.
Rivian, whose corporate communications did not respond to RCI’s request for comment, hasn’t only benefited from the Biden administration’s last-minute loan. In 2022, the state’s Republican leadership in Atlanta pledged up to another $1.5 billion – one of the largest incentive packages in Georgia history – including tax incentives, abatements, support programs, and more than $175 million for land acquisition and improvements. There has been an estimated $25 million in local incentives provided, too.

*****

Thanks to Mr. CBD for inviting me to join him on this week’s Cut Jib News Podcast. If you’d like to give it a listen, here is a link: Cut Jib Newsletter Speaks: Season 12, Episode 9.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

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Posted by: tankdemon at March 06, 2026 11:00 AM (xPq24)

2 Art loverd alerted.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 06, 2026 11:01 AM (xPq24)

3 I had been assured that Texas was just getting blue no matter what, that the GOPe was so strong that it could never be toppled.

That all was lost.

That there was no winning possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

4 Bill Jordan!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (Kt19C)

5 So, I guess there was some sort of election in Texas the other day...

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

6 ublic spending on green energy projects, including EVs, began in earnest in May 2009 when President Obama, flanked in the Rose Garden by Detroit and United Auto Workers executives, unveiled his National Fuel Efficiency Policy. It was, the crowd insisted, “good for consumers, good for the economy, and good for the country.”

Left unaddressed; if it's so good for everyone, why do you need taxpayer dollars to fund it?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

7 When the train arrived, just one Ranger got off the train. The incredulous mayor asked if there was only one Ranger dispatched, to which the Ranger replied that his understanding was that there was only one riot.

They didn't play back then.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:04 AM (oKJ0C)

8 I posted this in the last thread, but it's actually on topic here:

https://x.com/QuantusInsights/status/
2029612475466096881

@QuantusInsights
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22h
We tested the relationship in this chart (Texas primary / Texas general elections 2000–2024) and it’s basically noise:
• correlation r ≈ 0.13 (R² ≈ 0.02)
• a 10-point swing in the primary maps to ~0.4 points in the general

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Essentially, there is no relation between primary turnout and general election turnout in Texas (and in general). If there were, Obama would have won the 2008 general election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)

9 3 I had been assured that Texas was just getting blue no matter what, that the GOPe was so strong that it could never be toppled.

That all was lost.

That there was no winning possible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Get behind me Satan.

BTW, that is one of the most powerful images in The Passion, when Christ is in the Garden. The Devil is whispering despair in his ear as a snake slithers towards him. He suddenly turns and crushes the snake with his heel.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)

10 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 11:04 AM (kgE5c)

11 Thanks to Mr. CBD for inviting me to join him on this week’s Cut Jib News Podcast. If you’d like to give it a listen, here is a link: Cut Jib Newsletter Speaks: Season 12, Episode 9.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

I was on the podcast once too. Pretty cool.
Still waiting for my honorarium though.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 11:06 AM (2WIwB)

12 Texas Rangers Frustrate LGBTQ Advocates As Only MLB Team Without a Pride Night

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OMG! GENOCIDE!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (FXNzP)

13 That there was no winning possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Yup. Texas will follow Florida into permanent purple status.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (QTDrh)

14 I was on the podcast once too. Pretty cool.
Still waiting for my honorarium though.

Perhaps if you'd worn pants, you'd have been invited back.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

15 @11 Basking in greatness isn't free.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (cWLG3)

16 Still waiting for my honorarium though.
Posted by: Diogenes

They left it right by the coffee.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

17 As mentioned, Texas primaries generate no more than 50% of main election voters.

The problem is Texas run offs generate no more than 50% of the Texas primary voters.

Since women outvote men when it comes to showing up for elections, this means the electorate will be far more female and far more "consistent always voter" in May...and that does not bode well for Paxton.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (tOcjL)

18 I'm surprised that there was no gunfire when the statue was taken down.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 11:08 AM (+4yJ5)

19 Those who voted in the Democrat primary can't vote in the runoff, but what about those who didn't vote at all? I know some states require participation in the primary to be eligible to vote i. The runoff-- is Texas one of those states?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 06, 2026 11:09 AM (xPq24)

20 13 That there was no winning possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Yup. Texas will follow Florida into permanent purple status.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (QTDrh)

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The GOPe in the state just gets more powerful! No matter what!

*doesn't read content*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:09 AM (GBKbO)

21 Since women outvote men when it comes to showing up for elections, this means the electorate will be far more female and far more "consistent always voter" in May...and that does not bode well for Paxton.

Posted by: Nova Local

Have you tried persuading them at the weekly All-Women's Conference? You know, the one where you plot against men and discuss their shortcomings.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

22 MMW: James Talarico will win the 2026 Texas senate races and will capture the 2028 Democratic nomination for President

He’s the kind of candidate Democrats have been waiting for: young, articulate, values-driven, and unapologetically bold without being alienating. In a state that’s been trending competitive for years, a disciplined campaign focused on working families, public education, and fundamental rights can flip Texas statewide.

Trump will weaponize mashed potatoes if Talarico gains any more traction. He might be squeaky clean, but that no defense against a nuclear lying machine.

Trump changed everything. Fight gorilla politics with gorilla politics. Get a following, build it, and then use it as much as damn possible to get as much power as possible.

If Talarico is willing to call for accountability if he gets to Washington, then he has my support. I haven't heard that from him, unlike Crockett, she is very outspoken about the corruption and calls it out boldly all the time. That's the energy we need right now.

A black woman will not beat a white man for senate in Texas. I'm sorry, but it's just reality.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 11:10 AM (JCZqz)

23 Perhaps if you'd worn pants, you'd have been invited back.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t

Hey! That wasn't in the contract.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 11:11 AM (2WIwB)

24 Hmmm, I keep wondering if all this stuff about China's equipment failing is just straight bullshit or whether we are overestimating a commie nation (as with the Soviets.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:11 AM (bss/y)

25 They left it right by the coffee.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

It better be there when I finally find it!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 11:11 AM (2WIwB)

26 He’s the kind of candidate Democrats have been waiting for: young, articulate, values-driven, and unapologetically bold without being alienating.

We seem to define "alienating" differently.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

27 Buck good podcast this week

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (EtnSa)

28 22 MMW: James Talarico will win the 2026 Texas senate races and will capture the 2028 Democratic nomination for President

He’s the kind of candidate Democrats have been waiting for: young, articulate, values-driven, and unapologetically bold without being alienating. In a state that’s been trending competitive for years, a disciplined campaign focused on working families, public education, and fundamental rights can flip Texas statewide.

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Not even Beto said that the southern border should be a welcome mat...after Biden's open borders policy turned the border counties red for the first time in, like, ever.

Talarico's loss is going to be historic, and there are already rumblings from high level Dem operative that they're not going to fund him.

https://x.com/politico/status/
2029874472698978710

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (GBKbO)

29 Talarico looks like he is a creepy villain from a 90s Teen TV show.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

30 Public losses. Private gains.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (qFwJc)

31 There's a podcast?

Posted by: He Axed Incredulously at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (oftw2)

32 MMW: James Talarico will win the 2026 Texas senate races and will capture the 2028 Democratic nomination for President

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Do not have that on my Bingo card.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (FXNzP)

33 Have you tried persuading them at the weekly All-Women's Conference? You know, the one where you plot against men and discuss their shortcomings.
Posted by: Archimedes

At one of my former jobs, the women would periodically gather round the cube next to mine and bitch about their husbands. I hated it, and would usually make myself scarce during those bitch sessions.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)

34 We seem to define "alienating" differently.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

They see the gay as uniting instead of polarizing. They're fucking stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

35 Hmmm, I keep wondering if all this stuff about China's equipment failing is just straight bullshit or whether we are overestimating a commie nation (as with the Soviets.)

I read an article this morning that said China has sent Iran their newest and best ADSs. China is very worried that this will have a negative impact on their ability to sell arms overseas. That is probably a good worry.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

36 Those who voted in the Democrat primary can't vote in the runoff, but what about those who didn't vote at all? I know some states require participation in the primary to be eligible to vote i. The runoff-- is Texas one of those states?
Posted by: tankdemon at March 06, 2026 11:09 AM (xPq24)

Sadly, you CAN vote in the runoff if you didn't vote in the primary. The media is working hard to make sure that people know that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:13 AM (ExV1e)

37 In the good news is bad news section, everyone is freaking out about the employment numbers. But, native-born workers jumped by 877K , while foreign born workers dropped by 394K and the number of people who were unable to work due to weather surged to 228K in February, well above last year's level 167K, due to the powerful winter storms hitting the US.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:13 AM (0U5gm)

38 I’m glad the Texas Ranger statue has a home again. But the fact that it came down in the first place says that there is a gigantic void in our civil society that law enforcement used to occupy.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:14 AM (jbnUc)

39 I'm surprised that there was no gunfire when the statue was taken down.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 11:08 AM (+4yJ5)

I wonder if perhaps all they needed was a hundred mounted "Marlboro Men" to show up that they'd of called an end to the nonsense?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 11:14 AM (2WIwB)

40 It was mentioned in the MR but is relevant to the topic here. Tony Gonzales is withdrawing from the runoff for TX-23 leaving Brandon Herrera a clear path to November. ~~Slimba~~ er Gonzales says he'll serve out the remainder of his term.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 06, 2026 11:14 AM (Fs0KI)

41 32 MMW: James Talarico will win the 2026 Texas senate races and will capture the 2028 Democratic nomination for President

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Do not have that on my Bingo card.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (FXNzP)

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It's an R+14 state with a huge evangelical population.

And the footage of Talarico saying that "God is non-binary" and that "trans-kids were made by God that way" and that "the southern border should be a welcome mat" and "we have to have federally funded abortion clinics" is going to short-circuit any, "Well, if you think about it, God doesn't have a gender, and that's really what I was getting at."

And then they have footage of him quoting the Gospel of Thomas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:14 AM (GBKbO)

42 >>MMW: James Talarico will win the 2026 Texas senate races and will capture the 2028 Democratic nomination for President

Everything that guy just said is bullshit.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 11:14 AM (viF8m)

43 Talarico actually sent a letter to Biden after the supreme court ruling on abortion, asking him to place abortion clinics on federal property, which would be courthouses and national parks.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (0U5gm)

44 I read an article this morning that said China has sent Iran their newest and best ADSs. China is very worried that this will have a negative impact on their ability to sell arms overseas. That is probably a good worry.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

That's the part that does not make sense to me. If they mean to muscle their way into Taiwan, they need to means test their shit and tactics.

Maybe this will prompt them to go for some sort of more subterfuge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

45 Report of 50 supersonic anti ship missiles (China) launched by Iranians and none hit our ships; also that U.S. did not intercept any of them. Maybe USN lased them. Keep the Chinese guessing.

Posted by: rocket man at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (ehY6c)

46 Yeah, too bad John Browning could not oust Ken King in TX HR-88. A BIG RINO, he, with no time for his district.

At least TX Senate District 31 has Kevin Sparks now.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (+caSM)

47 Weirdness in the runup to the Hungarian elections - the Hungarians arrested seven Ukrainian nationals working for the Ukrainian state bank, who were transporting 40 million dollars in cash, 30 million Euros in cash, and 9 kilograms of gold in two vehicles.

The EU-types are insisting that this was a perfectly normal bank transfer from Vienna to Kyiv and that the bank employees have been "kidnapped", while the Hungarians think that something nefarious was afoot.

Making it even stranger is that transporting the money via Poland would have been faster than via Hungary, so why was the money even in Hungary in the first place?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (n1OCj)

48 Tony Gonzales is withdrawing from the runoff for TX-23 leaving Brandon Herrera a clear path to November.

Lol. That's awesome. I'd like to see more conservative personalities get into office. I had high hopes for Carl Benjamin when he ran for office in England, but it wasn't to be.

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49 46 Yeah, too bad John Browning could not oust Ken King in TX HR-88. A BIG RINO, he, with no time for his district.

At least TX Senate District 31 has Kevin Sparks now.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (+caSM)

John Moses Browning has risen from the grave?

Peace be upon him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)

50 Anyone who voted in the Democrat primary is now ineligible to vote in the Republican runoff.

—

I say they can.

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (13bda)

51 No sudden moves guys. We don't want to piss him off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (bss/y)

52 29 Talarico looks like he is a creepy villain from a 90s Teen TV show.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

He's a heretical blasphemous degenerate perverted America-hating commie cocksucker piece of shit. Which makes him the quintessential Democrat.

Posted by: And poster boy for the modern "church" at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (TbWk/)

53 Have you tried persuading them at the weekly All-Women's Conference? You know, the one where you plot against men and discuss their shortcomings.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

Nope, b/c I'm not a Texan. And to be fair, I'm not all in on Paxton anymore than Cornyn. Both probably do what we want only when they have something to gain or we have their dicks in our hands. Neither should really be trusted to be our TX savior. I mean, when have we had one?

So, I just call elections like I see it. Paxton needed to have a winning margin to have a chance in May. Instead, he had a losing margin and nowhere to really now gain (b/c Dems can't cross over to put him in as a spoiler, anymore than they can cross over the go for their more desired RINO)...so, this rides and falls on which Rs show up for elections - and women outshow men, especially on special elections - that's just fact. And Cornyn does better with R women than Paxton does. Paxton has little chance without something big changing this election between now and May...and I don't see it.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 11:18 AM (tOcjL)

54 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

55 Posted by: Oddbob at March 06, 2026 11:14 AM (Fs0KI)

I thought Tony Gonzalez was from St. Louis?

Posted by: Denny Crane - My poop doesn't smell. at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (RfVfI)

56 54 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

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Isn't this Elric's shtick?

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO)

57 They should put a museum for unwanted statues in the basement of the Alamo.

Posted by: Pee Wee at March 06, 2026 11:20 AM (7Q0e+)

58 Buck (and others),

Have you seen this:

https://tinyurl.com/3pmnp87s

Could be a huge problem for all of us car people.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:20 AM (8zz6B)

59 Here's the link - it was Peters Schweizer on Jesse Waters saying China sent their best.

https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/2029369351241974033

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

60 52 29 Talarico looks like he is a creepy villain from a 90s Teen TV show.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

He's a heretical blasphemous degenerate perverted America-hating commie cocksucker piece of shit. Which makes him the quintessential Democrat.
Posted by: And poster boy for the modern "church" at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (TbWk

Talarico is literally every villain off of ncis. Literally a Bible thumper white guy spouting quasi religious nonsense.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 11:20 AM (i0Hi3)

61 48 Lol. That's awesome. I'd like to see more conservative personalities get into office. I had high hopes for Carl Benjamin when he ran for office in England, but it wasn't to be.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 11:16 AM (JCZqz)

It's kind of interesting to see how Sargon grew up and matured, but all of his skeptic buddies from the past (Vee, ShortFatOtaku) refused to.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 11:21 AM (3wOGw)

62 Have you tried persuading them at the weekly All-Women's Conference? You know, the one where you plot against men and discuss their shortcomings.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

I 've never belonged to one of those. Does this mean my status as a woman will be revoked?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:21 AM (looXz)

63 60 Talarico is literally every villain off of ncis. Literally a Bible thumper white guy spouting quasi religious nonsense.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 11:20 AM (i0Hi3)

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"So, religious conservatives will love him!"
-progressives in Austin

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)

64 That's the part that does not make sense to me. If they mean to muscle their way into Taiwan, they need to means test their shit and tactics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's actually a big advantage for us supplying arms to Israel...we get great battlefield testing of advanced equipment, and can adjust and improve from it. We're giving the Ukes older stuff that's on its way out of service, but Israel is a different story.

And yes, Venezuela and now Iran are showing the glaring deficiencies in Communist equipment when up against the unrestricted might of the US. These absolutely one-sided beatdowns may do more to prevent a Chinese attack on Taiwan than anything else in the last 20 years.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 06, 2026 11:21 AM (JCZqz)

65 Weirdness in the runup to the Hungarian elections - the Hungarians arrested seven Ukrainian nationals working for the Ukrainian state bank, who were transporting 40 million dollars in cash, 30 million Euros in cash, and 9 kilograms of gold in two vehicles.

Posted by: The ARC of History

Zelensky's bug out money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:22 AM (0U5gm)

66 45 Report of 50 supersonic anti ship missiles (China) launched by Iranians and none hit our ships; also that U.S. did not intercept any of them. Maybe USN lased them. Keep the Chinese guessing.
Posted by: rocket man at March 06, 2026 11:15 AM (ehY6c)

Maybe that Qatari top gun maverick guy got them

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 11:23 AM (i0Hi3)

67 Federal government employment decreased by 10K in February, and is down by 330K, or 11%, since reaching a peak in October 2024.

A good start. Amiright?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 06, 2026 11:23 AM (abIsI)

68 These absolutely one-sided beatdowns may do more to prevent a Chinese attack on Taiwan than anything else in the last 20 years.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 06, 2026 11:21 AM (JCZqz)

I don't think Taiwan should relax, but they should at least feel a bit better.

Actually, I'd be fine with them making a beachhead on the mainland.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)

69 Tucker Carlson is a National Treasure.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say Is a Lie. at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (RfVfI)

70 >>>This complicated, opaque system has made all cars more expensive, according to economists.

>It's good to know that these financial shamans were able to recount to us the fucking obvious after the fact, rather than to do the hard work of predicting the future.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (M9gjJ)

71 39 I wonder if perhaps all they needed was a hundred mounted "Marlboro Men" to show up that they'd of called an end to the nonsense?
Posted by: Diogenes

Two hours after that happening, a photoshop hit job would be released showing them with whips.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (+4yJ5)

72 69 Tucker Carlson is a National Treasure.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say Is a Lie. at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (RfVfI)

Speaking of polarizing figures spouting vaguely religious mumbo jumbo...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)

73 58
‘ Have you seen this:’

Oh, hell!

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:25 AM (jbnUc)

74 68 I don't think Taiwan should relax, but they should at least feel a bit better.

Actually, I'd be fine with them making a beachhead on the mainland.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (bss/y)

One wonders if Taiwan should establish common cause with Japan, or if that's even possible

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (3wOGw)

75 >>Maybe that Qatari top gun maverick guy got them

*Kuwaiti

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (Y1sOo)

76 That's the part that does not make sense to me. If they mean to muscle their way into Taiwan, they need to means test their shit and tactics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

And yes, Venezuela and now Iran are showing the glaring deficiencies in Communist equipment when up against the unrestricted might of the US. These absolutely one-sided beatdowns may do more to prevent a Chinese attack on Taiwan than anything else in the last 20 years.

i]Regarding the current disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Schweizer said, “we now have a chokehold on the Strait.” He said:

Assume that China wanted to move on Taiwan, right? There’s a military response. But now we have a massive energy response which is we simply don’t allow any tankers to ship oil from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. We can do it. It might have been a little bit dicey if we had not taken out the Iranians. That’s roughly half of their oil — 40 to 50% of their oil — is suddenly not available to them.

https://is.gd/8DzhFA

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

77 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (looXz)

78 72 69 Tucker Carlson is a National Treasure.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say Is a Lie. at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (RfVfI)

Speaking of polarizing figures spouting vaguely religious mumbo jumbo...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:25 AM (bss/y)

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Who completely make up news that Mossad is trying to bomb Qatari buildings because the demons who visit him at night told him so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

79 My father donates money to the Texas Rangers so they gave him a "Member of the Texas Rangers" sign to display on the gate at his ranch.

Other signs that he has displayed in the past have been stolen, but not that one. You don't play with the Texas Rangers.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (k9OZB)

80 I 've never belonged to one of those. Does this mean my status as a woman will be revoked?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You're an 'Ette in good standing, so the AWFLs have probably already kicked you out of the union.

But that's OK. We 'Rons still recognize the 'Ettes for the lovely ladies that they are.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

81 One wonders if Taiwan should establish common cause with Japan, or if that's even possible

Japan has already said that an attack on Taiwan would be a casus belli for them.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

82 78 Who completely make up news that Mossad is trying to bomb Qatari buildings because the demons who visit him at night told him so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

And by demons, we mean oil sheikhs.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (3wOGw)

83 81 One wonders if Taiwan should establish common cause with Japan, or if that's even possible

Japan has already said that an attack on Taiwan would be a casus belli for them.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

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Godzilla is the real reason China hasn't invaded Taiwan.

We all know it.

I'm just not afraid to say it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO)

84 Tucker Carlson is a National Treasure.

Posted by: Denny Crane

And like any treasure, should be buried.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (0U5gm)

85 Weirdness in the runup to the Hungarian elections - the Hungarians arrested seven Ukrainian nationals working for the Ukrainian state bank, who were transporting 40 million dollars in cash, 30 million Euros in cash, and 9 kilograms of gold in two vehicles.

seven very stupid Ukies. They could have split that money up between themselves, and lit out for parts unknown.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:28 AM (8zz6B)

86 Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:28 AM (uOLAf)

87 So I think whoever convinced Jazzy Crockashit to run did so specifically to raise Talarico's national profile. I'm not saying she was in on it.

Sometimes I have to wait until info is in to solidify or even come up with theories. Her run was bizarre and dumb, but this outcome makes it not so for the Dumbocrats. So for now that's what I'm going with.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 11:28 AM (Et1h0)

88 One wonders if Taiwan should establish common cause with Japan, or if that's even possible
Posted by: XTC

I think that's already happened. Probably with South Korea, too.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

89 seven very stupid Ukies. They could have split that money up between themselves, and lit out for parts unknown.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:28 AM (8zz6B)

There was something I saw with the Hungarians where they were saying the Hungarians were worried about the voting suppression (or just suppression) of a hungarian minority in Wester Ukraine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)

90 Weirdness in the runup to the Hungarian elections - the Hungarians arrested seven Ukrainian nationals working for the Ukrainian state bank, who were transporting 40 million dollars in cash, 30 million Euros in cash, and 9 kilograms of gold in two vehicles.

As I understand it, that's a normal manner for transferring huge amounts of money in Europe. Totally not suspicious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:29 AM (ExV1e)

91 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If I am not mistaken, this has been heresy since the council of Nicea.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:30 AM (0U5gm)

92 With us pounding the shit out of their military technology in Iran one would think the Chinese commies would think once twice and many times before trying a Taiwan invasion. They must see they’d get pounded

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (uOLAf)

93 Godzilla is the real reason China hasn't invaded Taiwan.

We all know it.

I'm just not afraid to say it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM

Nope. The Jolly Green Giant beat up Godzilla, turned him into a pork chop and served him with corn. I saw that on facebook.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (0N4FZ)

94 Left unaddressed; if it's so good for everyone, why do you need taxpayer dollars to fund it?"

That's RAYCISS!!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (XuXeR)

95 86 Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:28 AM (uOLAf)

I'd say it was because he looked like a White Guy...

Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say Is True. at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (RfVfI)

96 92 With us pounding the shit out of their military technology in Iran one would think the Chinese commies would think once twice and many times before trying a Taiwan invasion. They must see they’d get pounded

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (uOLAf)

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According to Palestinian X, Tel Aviv is in ashes right now because Iran's military is so superior.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

97 91 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

If I am not mistaken, this has been heresy since the council of Nicea.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:30 AM (0U5gm)

Sayings of Jesus. Kind of sounds like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

98 86
‘ Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??’

Why did a mob rioters and a political party that benefits from riots not like that statue?
It seems self evident.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:32 AM (jbnUc)

99 Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Trying to stop crime is racist. Obviously, just look at the breakdown of crime.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:32 AM (0U5gm)

100 There was something I saw with the Hungarians where they were saying the Hungarians were worried about the voting suppression (or just suppression) of a hungarian minority in Wester Ukraine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:29 AM (bss/y)

I'm guessing that the WEF goblins, using their Uke catspaws, were going to use the money in an effort to buy the elections in Hungary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:33 AM (8zz6B)

101 95 Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??

Because it depicts law enforcement and white people in a positive manner.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 11:33 AM (+4yJ5)

102 Maybe that Qatari top gun maverick guy got them

*Kuwaiti
Posted by: one hour sober

That was awesome. Minutes before they were to hit US assets, the Kuwaiti pilots first combat sortie ever, and the smoke 'em.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:34 AM (oKJ0C)

103 101 95 Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??

Because it depicts law enforcement and white people in a positive manner.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 11:33 AM (+4yJ5)

This, Cracker.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:34 AM (bss/y)

104 Left unaddressed; if it's so good for everyone, why do you need taxpayer dollars to fund it?

Sometimes on the discussion forums they’ll try to point out that the automobile made horses obsolete overnight.

“But they didn’t have to outlaw horses. It was voluntary” is not well received, and usually get the thread locked. The worst thing about modern life is censorship.

Truth is not a valid argument, facts, logic, or common sense is not welcome.

Posted by: Thom Thillis at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (5MnqL)

105 Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t

I've been saying this since the Venezuela thing....

Trump is targeting China. And he's doing it the way China has been waging war on us for thirty years. He's out flanking them and aiming to cripple their economy.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (2J/Lj)

106 That was awesome. Minutes before they were to hit US assets, the Kuwaiti pilots first combat sortie ever, and the smoke 'em.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:34 AM (oKJ0C)

3 enemy fighters makes an ace, right?

Or is it 5 confirmed kills?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (bss/y)

107
Isn't this Elric's shtick?

/jk
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO)

Who?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

108 I'm guessing that the WEF goblins, using their Uke catspaws, were going to use the money in an effort to buy the elections in Hungary.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:33 AM (8zz6B)

The Hungarian people are tired of the rule of Orbán and his focus on maintaining the country for Hungarians rather than permitting the joyful inclusion of millions of peaceful muslims. -- Vacant (head of WEF)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)

109 Forget the gospel of Thomas… let’s make The DaVinci Code part of the biblical canon!! Dan Brown an apostle….

Might as well go full retard

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (UCAqC)

110 Or is it 5 confirmed kills?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

IIRC from my youthful days reading about WWI aces, it is 5.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

111 I'm guessing that the WEF goblins, using their Uke catspaws, were going to use the money in an effort to buy the elections in Hungary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

That makes a lot of sense. One truck can do a lot of damage. I recall that a truck full of ballots was stopped in Florida in 2018, and because that truck was pulled over, DeSantis won his first governor's election.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 11:36 AM (0U5gm)

112 Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (77rzZ)

And the only complaint (and it's a joke really) I have about my husband is that he says, "You want to go for a walk?".and he's been saying this for about thirty years plus since when we first met and he always does it when it's pouring down raining or 90 degrees. I said to him today " Why didn't you ask this when it was snowing and we had a foot of snow on the ground?. I assume most happily married people have jokes they're had forever.

And yes, we actually do walk when the weather is nice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:36 AM (looXz)

113 Trump is targeting China. And he's doing it the way China has been waging war on us for thirty years. He's out flanking them and aiming to cripple their economy.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (2J/Lj)

The only reason China was able to do it is because they had our guys OPENLY on their payroll. BILL FUCKING CLINTON.

NAFTA and remember all those coal deposits that Bill made national landmarks to open the way for chinese coal?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)

114 According to Palestinian X, Tel Aviv is in ashes right now because Iran's military is so superior.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

Well.. there's yer problem Chief- your porn sites are opining of global affairs! Do better, Palestine (if you even exist!)

Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say I Say In The Voice of Cliff Clavin.. at March 06, 2026 11:36 AM (RfVfI)

115 Tucker Carlson is a National Treasure.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say Is a Lie. at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (RfVfI)

In Qatar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:36 AM (Zz0t1)

116 109 Forget the gospel of Thomas… let’s make The DaVinci Code part of the biblical canon!! Dan Brown an apostle….

Might as well go full retard
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (UCAqC)

Have to work in the Merovingian Dynasty in there. Toss in a bit of Gnosticism. A dash of anti-Semitism. Shake well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:37 AM (bss/y)

117 Lefties have no idea what Texas Rangers (non-baseball) are capable of.

Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 11:37 AM (sH4Bk)

118 Sayings of Jesus. Kind of sounds like the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

Or, "The Musings of Talcum X"

Posted by: Denny Crane - Everything I Say I Say In The Voice of Cliff Clavin.. at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM (RfVfI)

119 56 Isn't this Elric's shtick?

/jk
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO)

Only if it's accompanied by posts talking about doing all the drugs and having all the promiscuous sex.

Two of the most conservative things you can do, really.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM (3wOGw)

120 MMW: James Talarico will win the 2026 Texas senate races and will capture the 2028 Democratic nomination for President

That dude is the spawn of Satan. He's evil to his core.

I certainly hope his R opponent brings the receipts and shows the state exactly how evil that son of a bitch is.

He has NO business being anywhere NEAR power.

May all of his supporters suffer death by hermit crab.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

121 Many years ago, I had an old John Bircher history professor tell me that 'speculation was bad for the economy'.

How can you argue with that?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM (M9gjJ)

122 Sometimes on the discussion forums they’ll try to point out that the automobile made horses obsolete overnight.

“But they didn’t have to outlaw horses. It was voluntary” is not well received, and usually get the thread locked. The worst thing about modern life is censorship.

Truth is not a valid argument, facts, logic, or common sense is not welcome.
Posted by: Thom Thillis

And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (oKJ0C)

123 Many years ago, I had an old John Bircher history professor tell me that 'speculation was bad for the economy'.

Did he have evidence or was he just speculating?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (ExV1e)

124 Many years ago, I had an old John Bircher history professor tell me that 'speculation was bad for the economy'.

How can you argue with that?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM (M9gjJ)

Did he go to the Paul Krugman School of Shitty Economics?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (Zz0t1)

125 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (UCAqC)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:40 AM (looXz)

126 117
‘ Lefties have no idea what Texas Rangers (non-baseball) are capable of.’

It doesn’t look like they’re capable of defending their statue.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:40 AM (jbnUc)

127

That dude is the spawn of Satan. He's evil to his core.

I certainly hope his R opponent brings the receipts and shows the state exactly how evil that son of a bitch is.

He has NO business being anywhere NEAR power.

May all of his supporters suffer death by hermit crab.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM

Dude, go for the fear factor.

Posted by: Coconut crabs at March 06, 2026 11:40 AM (i0Hi3)

128 “But they didn’t have to outlaw horses. It was voluntary” is not well received, and usually get the thread locked."

Well of course. It's RAYCISS!!!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:40 AM (XuXeR)

129 RE: the Texas Rangers.

Rangers Lead The Way.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 06, 2026 11:41 AM (TezPK)

130 The Assembly of Experts, Iran's top mullahs, apparently doesn't want Khamenei's son, Motjava, to succeed him as the big falafel, despite the fact that the IRGC leadership says they want him in that slot. This seems odd at first glance, but apparently he (Motjava) is not a serious Islamic scholar. Rather, he is more of a political animal, and thus would provide a way for IRGC leadership to accrue more power at the expense of the mullahs. There is a power struggle aborning, which I think could easily turn into a civil war. I hope they both lose.

This all assumes Motjava is still above the dirt, which is not clear.

https://is.gd/nNW3Ai

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

131 Lefties have no idea what Texas Rangers (non-baseball) are capable of.
Posted by: Eromero

Kinda like Goode in Minnesota.
Riots tend to fizzle out when the loudmouth gets shot and people realize they can be next.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:41 AM (oKJ0C)

132 I'm guessing that the WEF goblins, using their Uke catspaws, were going to use the money in an effort to buy the elections in Hungary.

No way!

Posted by: The EU! at March 06, 2026 11:41 AM (n1OCj)

133 44 I read an article this morning that said China has sent Iran their newest and best ADSs. China is very worried that this will have a negative impact on their ability to sell arms overseas. That is probably a good worry.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

That's the part that does not make sense to me. If they mean to muscle their way into Taiwan, they need to means test their shit and tactics.

Maybe this will prompt them to go for some sort of more subterfuge.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

China's offense against Taiwan was predicated on the same tactics used by the Iranians. Barrage of missiles taking out US bases like Guam and its ships. Same threat to Japan.

And these magical hypersonic missiles got built up into the unstoppable weapon by much of the popular press.

Now those fundamental assertions that China can rely on that strategy for uncontested landings in Taiwan can be seriously questioned as to validity.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

134 That dude is the spawn of Satan. He's evil to his core.

I certainly hope his R opponent brings the receipts and shows the state exactly how evil that son of a bitch is.

He has NO business being anywhere NEAR power.

May all of his supporters suffer death by hermit crab.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM

He used his victory speech to blast republicans and their upcoming attempts to paint him as extreme left when he really is a centrist, don't you know.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (0N4FZ)

135 123 Many years ago, I had an old John Bircher history professor tell me that 'speculation was bad for the economy'.

Did he have evidence or was he just speculating?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (ExV1e)

Just a hunch.

Posted by: John fetterman at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (i0Hi3)

136 May all of his supporters suffer death by hermit crab.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM

Hmmm, we need to work on that curse. Maybe something besides a hermit crab. Hmmm. A rabid badger?

Those giant south east asian wasps? *shudder*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

137 Waiting on Ace's Maduson Cirnbread update.

Posted by: dagny at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (ILGo9)

138 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.
Posted by: rickb223

Growing up in the 1920s, my Mom had an uncle who would show up at her house in a horse and buggy, to my Mom's great embarrassment.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

139 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years."

The other fun part is that on a number of auto forums, the take was "EVs will make gas cars/trucks just a hobby, and they'll be cheap"
Pointing out that owning/operating horses isn't exactly "cheap" got one banned repeatedly.

And by "one" I mean "me"

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (XuXeR)

140 May all of his supporters suffer death by hermit crab.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Interesting concept! Can you expand on that thought?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Am Honestly Curious. at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (RfVfI)

141 A couple of days ago the US Navy sank a ship with a torpedo from a sub, the first since WWII. Now Trump is demanding an unconditional surrender, also the first since WWII.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2026 11:43 AM (2UnvF)

142 121
‘ Many years ago, I had an old John Bircher history professor tell me that 'speculation was bad for the economy'.

How can you argue with that?’

By asking him where else would we get capital.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:43 AM (jbnUc)

143 Hmmm, we need to work on that curse. Maybe something besides a hermit crab. Hmmm. A rabid badger?

Those giant south east asian wasps? *shudder*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

Bullet ants.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)

144 This all assumes Motjava is still above the dirt, which is not clear.

https://is.gd/nNW3Ai
Posted by: Archimedes
=======
Like Godot, Motjava has not been seen since the initial strikes. But, Queer Sir Keir is keeping Motjava's high valued residential properties in Central London safe.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

145 Many years ago, I had an old John Bircher history professor tell me that 'speculation was bad for the economy'.

How can you argue with that?

A farmer wants a guaranteed price for his crop when he plants.

Somebody has to take the speculative side of the deal to accomplish that.

Posted by: The EU! at March 06, 2026 11:43 AM (n1OCj)

146 >>Only if it's accompanied by posts talking about doing all the drugs and having all the promiscuous sex.

And all his scores were the hottest of all hot women. Don't forget about that part.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Y1sOo)

147 Trying to stop crime is racist. Obviously, just look at the breakdown of crime.
———

The Bolshies were hitting this hard decades ago. They put forth this notion in high schools, that incarceration rates must mirror the precise racial demographics or, the only possible reason for the disparity is racial discrimination. No other reason.

It didn’t work in our generation. Everyone in class just looked at each other and laughed. WTF is she on about? Black criminality is legendary.

Maybe there could be a discussion as to why that is, but nobody can argue that locking up hard core criminals is a bad thing. Except perhaps hard core criminals. And Democrats.

If the argument is that the criminal justice system is inherently “racist” or “white supremacy” then there isn’t any discussion possible with Democrats, and “minorities” are not capable of integrating into society or forming functional communities. I’m not at all certain the “intellectuals” fully grasp what they are advocating for.

Posted by: Thom Thillis at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (5MnqL)

148 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks, Fen. Interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

149 136 May all of his supporters suffer death by hermit crab.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:38 AM

Hmmm, we need to work on that curse. Maybe something besides a hermit crab. Hmmm. A rabid badger?

Those giant south east asian wasps? *shudder*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

Hatchet-wielding midgets hopped up on Bath Salts?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (3wOGw)

150 But, Queer Sir Keir is keeping Motjava's high valued residential properties in Central London safe."

Party Central, Baby!!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (XuXeR)

151 Now those fundamental assertions that China can rely on that strategy for uncontested landings in Taiwan can be seriously questioned as to validity.
Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)

You know... a 1000 underwater drones (guided torpedos) would make a REALLY bad day for a landing force. Thats a lot of water to cross.

I bet that water is cold, commies.

That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (bss/y)

152 I did some checking.
Gospel of Thomas likely did not exist when Justin Martyr was citing Jesus' sayings, which somewhat-famously come from a harmony, a harmony with very little overlap with Thomas.
You start seeing Thomas in Church fathers when they... condemn it.
Even the Gospel of Peter fares better (Ignatius and "2 Clement" use some wild Peter lore which might come from that, maybe Justin uses it too, and then there's the famous tradition about Serapion).
Clement of Alexandria is an exception; he doesn't rank Thomas with the big four, but he does sometimes bring apostolic traditions which include Thomas' sayings.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (gKWVE)

153 in a horse and buggy

Grandpa had a steam tractor. Big old monster.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Kt19C)

154 >>>That was awesome. Minutes before they were to hit US assets, the Kuwaiti pilots first combat sortie ever, and the smoke 'em.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:34 AM (oKJ0C)

3 enemy fighters makes an ace, right?

Or is it 5 confirmed kills?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

>On the bright side, all of the pilots survived, and it was an F-18, - our tech, - that made that happen.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (M9gjJ)

155 And all his scores were the hottest of all hot women. Don't forget about that part.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Y1sOo)

Which explains the premature finishes although guys don't normally brag about it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (ExV1e)

156
Is it possible to indict the rioters here in the States as unregistered agents of a foreign power?

Also can we make Datarepublican director of the FBI?

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Y8DZL)

157 >> While I am frustrated that so many Republican voters skipped the primary, voter turnout in March is almost unrelated to turnout in November’s general election.

I dunno. We keep repeating this like it’s gospel. But I’m thinking past performance is no measure of the future. At some point you have to believe there’s an enthusiasm gap, and wonder how that plays in November.

What motivates people to get out in the general elections that keeps them home during the midterms?

I hope I am wrong. But it doesn’t seem like Republicans get off their asses unless someone like Trump is on the ballot.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (IJqrQ)

158 By asking him where else would we get capital.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
=====
Not sure that applies to sidebets such 2nd and 3rd order derivatives. The argument is that allows liquidity but it also allows massive swings in market and volatility that is not conducive to investments.

And naked shorts etc. should be and are illegal. Want to do that shit, go to Vegas.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

159 126 117
‘ Lefties have no idea what Texas Rangers (non-baseball) are capable of.’

It doesn’t look like they’re capable of defending their statue.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:40 AM (jbnUc)
Neither was Dagon.

Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (sH4Bk)

160 Now those fundamental assertions that China can rely on that strategy for uncontested landings in Taiwan can be seriously questioned as to validity.

Imagine being some Chinese grunt on an amphibious invasion ship after seeing the video of the IRIS Dena getting torpedoed. The pucker factor would be off the charts.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

161 Bullet ants.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)

See, hornets, bees and wasps trigger a very backbrain, wetware kind of response in me. Ants not as much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)

162 Bart Ehrman did a webpage summing up Thomas, and he doesn't like it either. Ehrman is a pretty prominent atheist and NT-skeptic. So if you've lost that guy...
Also uninterested in Thomas is Richard Carrier, who just flat doesn't think Jesus existed in this celestial sphere.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (gKWVE)

163 Growing up in the 1920s, my Mom had an uncle who would show up at her house in a horse and buggy, to my Mom's great embarrassment.
Posted by: Bulg

The first gas station to open in the US was at 420 South Theresa Ave in St. Louis. There was a whole lot of country that had no vehicles or a way to fill them then.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (oKJ0C)

164 Pointing out that owning/operating horses isn't exactly "cheap" got one banned repeatedly.

And by "one" I mean "me"
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (XuXeR)

Little-known fact: horses eat (a lot) and shit (a lot) even when not working.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (8zz6B)

165 Growing up in the 1920s, my Mom had an uncle who would show up at her house in a horse and buggy, to my Mom's great embarrassment.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

A friend of ours lost his license for five years because of dui. He rode his horse to Wal-Mart. Usually see horse and buggy at the grocery store in a nearby town where there is a sizable Amish community.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2026 11:47 AM (2J/Lj)

166 The Gospel of Thomas is whack. It is Pseudepigraphic, doubtlessly.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 11:47 AM (pDt9x)

167 Thx Buck

Chinese hypersonic missiles have been fired and while we didn't shoot down any there is a good reason. None of the missiles were close to anything. Blind firing without any satellite or radar guidance

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 11:47 AM (/C62k)

168
he doesn't rank Thomas with the big four

Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and PwC.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Kt19C)

169 See, hornets, bees and wasps trigger a very backbrain, wetware kind of response in me. Ants not as much.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (bss/y)

Look them up. I bet after the first bite that would change.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

170 The gnostics believed that women had to become men to go to heaven. The heretical gnostic "gospel of thomas" never thought "non-binary."

God is pure spirit and non-corporeal except for one person of the Trinity who was male and still is via his human nature.

Posted by: dagny at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (ILGo9)

171 SHOCKING VIDEO RESURFACES: Trump’s New DHS Pick Markwayne Mullin PRAISED and HUGGED the Cop Who MURDERED Unarmed Air Force Vet Ashli Babbitt – Called Him a Hero!

Oops

Posted by: Operator Error at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (4viQd)

172 157 I dunno. We keep repeating this like it’s gospel. But I’m thinking past performance is no measure of the future. At some point you have to believe there’s an enthusiasm gap, and wonder how that plays in November.

What motivates people to get out in the general elections that keeps them home during the midterms?

I hope I am wrong. But it doesn’t seem like Republicans get off their asses unless someone like Trump is on the ballot.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 11:45 AM (IJqrQ)

======

Seriously, look at what Quantus found:

https://x.com/QuantusInsights/status/
2029612475466096881

The simple fact of the matter is, no matter how enthused Democrats are in Texas...there are simply far too many Republicans in the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (GBKbO)

173 This may be my favorite/ s saying from the Gospel of Thomas:

Jesus said, “Blessed is the lion that’s eaten by a human and then becomes human, but how awful for the human who’s eaten by a lion, and the lion becomes human.”

Put down the bong, guy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (lQ+/f)

174 Look them up. I bet after the first bite that would change.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

I am not saying they do not suck and are creations of Satan, just that they do not set off the same fear response.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

175 Little-known fact: horses eat (a lot) and shit (a lot) even when not working."

Yeah, pointing out the condition of such streets is also racist.

*I keep saying that 'cause that was used against me. Seriously. That's how stupid EV "fans" can be*

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (XuXeR)

176 Hmmm, we need to work on that curse. Maybe something besides a hermit crab. Hmmm. A rabid badger?

Those giant south east asian wasps? *shudder*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

Goliath Birdeater?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

177 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (oKJ0C)

Thank God!

----Frau Blucher

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 11:49 AM (g8Ew8)

178 119
‘ Only if it's accompanied by posts talking about doing all the drugs and having all the promiscuous sex.

Two of the most conservative things you can do, really.’

You can probably see this burn from outer space.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:49 AM (jbnUc)

179 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (EtnSa)

180 Democrats are all, "We're going to win in a R+14 state! We gotta donate!"

While Republicans are all, "We're going to lose in an R+3 state (NC). I'm not even going to try and help. We're doomed."

There's a psychological element to this whole thing, and Republicans are just...boring when they just accept leftist framing of things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

181 77 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I'm actually more of a Gospel of Judas kinda guy. More Seven Fundamental Tenets, less Ten Commandments.

Posted by: James Talarico at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (JCZqz)

182 176 Hmmm, we need to work on that curse. Maybe something besides a hermit crab. Hmmm. A rabid badger?

Those giant south east asian wasps? *shudder*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

Goliath Birdeater?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)

Maybe drop him on that island where only komodo dragons live by eating other komodo dragons.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (i0Hi3)

183 The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.

Posted by: And it's ugly to boot at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

184 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (oKJ0C)

Thank God!

----Frau Blucher
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 11:49 AM (g8Ew

Hear, hear! -- Catherine the Great

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (ExV1e)

185 177 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (oKJ0C)

Thank God!

----Frau Blucher
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 11:49 AM (g8Ew

No shit!!!

Posted by: Mr. Ed at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (RfVfI)

186 A friend of ours lost his license for five years because of dui. He rode his horse to Wal-Mart. Usually see horse and buggy at the grocery store in a nearby town where there is a sizable Amish community.
Posted by: Madamemayhem

In really small Texas towns, and it's not just Texas, it's not unusual to see people on horseback going thru Whataburger or DQ drive thrus.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (oKJ0C)

187 SHOCKING VIDEO RESURFACES: Trump’s New DHS Pick Markwayne Mullin PRAISED and HUGGED the Cop Who MURDERED Unarmed Air Force Vet Ashli Babbitt – Called Him a Hero!

Oops
Posted by: Operator Error at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (4viQd)

So did everyone else. They gave him a medal.

Unless we remove everyone in DC and replace them, we'll just have to get past that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

188 There's a psychological element to this whole thing, and Republicans are just...boring when they just accept leftist framing of things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

True.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

189 183 The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.
Posted by: And it's ugly to boot at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

With a cap on the back...

Posted by: Denny Crane - My poop doesn't smell. at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (RfVfI)

190 The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.
Posted by: And it's ugly to boot at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

And very weak.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

191 So did everyone else. They gave him a medal.

Unless we remove everyone in DC and replace them, we'll just have to get past that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

======

Even Rand Paul.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (GBKbO)

192 185 177 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:39 AM (oKJ0C)

Thank God!

----Frau Blucher
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 11:49 AM (

NEIIIIGGGGGHHHHHH!

Posted by: John kerry at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (i0Hi3)

193
"I have my doubts."

Posted by: The Gospel of Thomas 1:1 at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)

194 The gnostics werent Christian, they thought all material world stuff was evil and God/Jesus were ONLY non-material. Eastern-type religious "ONE" stuff. Thoroughly rejected by Christianity. Gnostic were the hippy nitwits of their day.

Posted by: dagny at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (ILGo9)

195 Unless we remove everyone in DC and replace them...

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Ok, what's the downside?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

196 And no, it did not make horses obsolete overnight. It took years.
Posted by: rickb223

Thank God!

----Frau Blucher
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

No shit!!!
Posted by: Mr. Ed

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Francis the Talking Mule at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (oKJ0C)

197 So did everyone else. They gave him a medal.

Unless we remove everyone in DC and replace them, we'll just have to get past that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I find those terms acceptable.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (JCZqz)

198 btw, can't wait for the Candace Owens crew to stumble onto the Gospel of Peter. The largest excerpt to survive is the Passion/ Resurrection bit. It is highly antisemitic.
Although it does liven up at the end when the Cross itself starts dancing around

Posted by: gKWVE wishes he was kidding at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (gKWVE)

199 *I keep saying that 'cause that was used against me. Seriously. That's how stupid EV "fans" can be*
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 11:48 AM (XuXeR)

We had mr_jack here. We know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (8zz6B)

200 And very weak.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Should be torquey as hell. Might have no staying power (like Elric above...)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

201 Unless we remove everyone in DC and replace them...

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

Ok, what's the downside?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yeah. Not seeing where the issue is.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (oKJ0C)

202 180 Democrats are all, "We're going to win in a R+14 state! We gotta donate!"

While Republicans are all, "We're going to lose in an R+3 state (NC). I'm not even going to try and help. We're doomed."

There's a psychological element to this whole thing, and Republicans are just...boring when they just accept leftist framing of things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

There's a joke early in this thread about women needing to get together and chat, but honestly, the best thing for R states is for men to form groups encouraging each other to vote...every time...no matter how worthless it feels. Men, especially R men, seem way more affected by the "we're gonna lose, so why bother" vote conditioning, and holding each other accountable to show up might help...a lot...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (tOcjL)

203
Shopping for lunch = picking boogers

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (Kt19C)

204 The Gospel of Thomas is whack. It is Pseudepigraphic, doubtlessly.
Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 11:47 AM (pDt9x)

*Revelations looks away, whistling.*

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (g8Ew8)

205 You all are quite entertaining today and I'm grateful. I'm not feeling well, so I'm going to sit here and let you all distract me.

Aetius, you once posted that scene from The Passion. Would you mind posting it again?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 11:54 AM (RkOfE)

206 What knockers!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at March 06, 2026 11:54 AM (2Ez/1)

207 Posted by: dagny at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (ILGo9

That's a good description of them and why people l
Such as Talarico like it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:54 AM (lQ+/f)

208
198 btw, can't wait for the Candace Owens crew to stumble onto the Gospel of Peter. The largest excerpt to survive is the Passion/ Resurrection bit. It is highly antisemitic.
Although it does liven up at the end when the Cross itself starts dancing around
Posted by: gKWVE wishes he was kidding at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (gKWVE)

Was it "puttin' on the Ritz???

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)

209
I find those terms acceptable.
Posted by: Military Moron at March 06, 2026 11:52 AM (JCZqz)

Oh, I do as well, it's just not gonna happen. Ever. They only die off, then their sibling or another relative replaces them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)

210 158
‘ The argument is that allows liquidity but it also allows massive swings in market and volatility that is not conducive to investments.

And naked shorts etc. should be and are illegal. Want to do that shit, go to Vegas.’

Yes but I contend that speculation includes investment by any outside body or individuals (mutual funds for example).
Yes, there is predatory speculation and it should be outlawed.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 11:56 AM (jbnUc)

211 Revelation doesn't contradict apostolic teaching, in fact, written by John, it has some wild visions but in no way counters the deposit of faith left by Jesus, or the writings of the actual apostles, Peter, Paul, etc.

Posted by: dagny at March 06, 2026 11:56 AM (ILGo9)

212 Men, especially R men, seem way more affected by the "we're gonna lose, so why bother" vote conditioning, and holding each other accountable to show up might help...a lot...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 11:53 AM (tOcjL)

I wonder if that is because it makes it a little easier to internally justify not voting, because, you know, we just got home from work? Just a thought...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 06, 2026 11:56 AM (RfVfI)

213 The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.
Posted by: And it's ugly to boot

The judges would also have accepted: Subaru Brat.

Posted by: Joe Mama at March 06, 2026 11:56 AM (TezPK)

214 >>>The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.

Posted by: And it's ugly to boot

>It's shaped like a cardboard box and there's a cat behind the wheel.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 11:56 AM (M9gjJ)

215 >> Seriously, look at what Quantus found:

So 54% disapprove Trump
54% wrong direction
Generic ballot Dem+6
Only 35% “growth” on the economy

I think this leans towards my point.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (IJqrQ)

216 The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.
Posted by: And it's ugly to boot at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

It's a kind of cool-looking hot rod, sort of the 21st Century equivalent of a T-bucket with a blown big block. Fun, but not really practical.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (8zz6B)

217 194 The gnostics werent Christian, they thought all material world stuff was evil and God/Jesus were ONLY non-material. Eastern-type religious "ONE" stuff. Thoroughly rejected by Christianity. Gnostic were the hippy nitwits of their day.
Posted by: dagny
======
I have been reading St. Irenaeus of Lyons book on Heresies. Some really bizarre crap started being printed after the deaths of all the Apostles and many of that first generation that had seen or talked to people that had seen Christ.

And the whole doctrine of Gnosticism is a bunch of bunk almost totally absent from logical understandings of the Old and New Testament.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

218 Eh, considering horses were the primary mode of transportation for thousands of years, cars and trucks replaced them with astonishing speed.

25 years maybe? Largely. In human history, that’s a revolution overnight.

What’s really strange is the almost cult-like belief system by the True Believers. I’m not wedded to oil and gas, it’s merely the fact there is no viable replacement on the horizon.

The first oil shocks, the Arab Embargo, put a lot of research and development into alternatives, building upon lots of research done during World War II.

One of the first things FDR did to piss off Imperial Japan was ending sales of aviation gasoline. They responded by developing planes that could run on lower octane fuel. Then they cutoff oil and gas altogether. It’s likely the fleet and aircraft that attacked Pearl Harbor was fueled by US oil and gas.

Posted by: Thom Thillis at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (5MnqL)

219
The judges would also have accepted: Subaru Brat.
Posted by: Joe Mama at March 06, 2026 11:56 AM (TezPK)

That thing had a rot problem, but it would climb like a billy goat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (Zz0t1)

220 163 My Dad, the Baker, was in cahoots with a couple other Finns that had a dairy. They had garages to accommodate their DIVCO trucks. These were originally stables for the horses, used throughout WW2 for milk delivery. They bought DIVCO trucks for the super duper system they had. A milkman could get off with his load, press a lever, and the truck would advance to the next stop, just like the Old Mare. Until a kid rode out in front on a bike. Bad idea.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (gm9Sb)

221 Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at March 06, 2026 11:35 AM (2J/Lj)

He is also flanking the domestic left. It is a thing of beauty.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 11:58 AM (Et1h0)

222 It's a kind of cool-looking hot rod, sort of the 21st Century equivalent of a T-bucket with a blown big block. Fun, but not really practical.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (8zz6B)

His kid borrowed the design from a video game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 06, 2026 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)

223 I am ordering all election results for the school board be deemed null and void.

I am the law bitches.

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at March 06, 2026 11:58 AM (13bda)

224 Unless we remove everyone in DC and replace them...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

This is actually very much what Trump did with his 2nd term cabinet and lieutenant picks. First term, he trusted the Party to help supply him with "experts". He got a bunch of backstabbing RINOs trying to moderate his agenda, or subvert it completely to GOPe goals.

This time, he primarily picked people that know and hate what the institutions they were picked to run have become. Tulsi at intel, RFK at health, etc. Trump wants to dismantle, shrink and refocus the Federal government, and he has people personally driven to do the same with their departments.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 11:58 AM (JCZqz)

225 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

226 In really small Texas towns, and it's not just Texas, it's not unusual to see people on horseback going thru Whataburger or DQ drive thrus.

----
This image pleases me.

I will ride a bike, not a horse, because horses are too much maintenance.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (RkOfE)

227 Aetius, you once posted that scene from The Passion. Would you mind posting it again?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 11:54 AM (RkOfE)

Tis the season.

https://tinyurl.com/ypu77dd7

And my favorite scene:

https://tinyurl.com/4keh7wt7

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

228 215 >> Seriously, look at what Quantus found:

So 54% disapprove Trump
54% wrong direction
Generic ballot Dem+6
Only 35% “growth” on the economy

I think this leans towards my point.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (IJqrQ)

======

Your point was that primary turnout predicts general election turnout.

That's outright not true.

But congrats on going off in a completely different direction, forming a non-sequitor. You seem very smart for changing the subject instead of actually continuing the very discussion and point you asserted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:00 PM (GBKbO)

229 I’m not wedded to oil and gas, it’s merely the fact there is no viable replacement on the horizon.

What if I told we had a magical liquid that has been fueling humans for thousands of years, that can just as easily fuel energy production and transportation needs!?!?!?

Posted by: Big Corn/Ethanol at March 06, 2026 12:01 PM (JCZqz)

230 Oh, and a D+6 environment, if it manifested, would be better than 2018 when the GOP won 2 Senate seats.

It was a D+9 year.

And the GOP still netted two senate seats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

231 I couldn't be happier that the ranger statue will be in a prominent place. Honestly more people will pay attention to it at Glober Life than it's previous location.

Posted by: mishdog at March 06, 2026 12:01 PM (V9Vdb)

232 Election Day should be declared a holiday. No work, just go vote!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:02 PM (RkOfE)

233 It's a kind of cool-looking hot rod, sort of the 21st Century equivalent of a T-bucket with a blown big block. Fun, but not really practical.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:57 AM (8zz6B)

His kid borrowed the design from a video game.
Posted by: Sponge

From 1992.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 12:02 PM (oKJ0C)

234 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

It wasn’t until I had kids that I understood my father’s frustration with this growing up.

Granted electricity is pretty cheap where I live and lightbulbs are super efficient these days. But that shit still bugs me.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:02 PM (13bda)

235 The Cybertruck is a very fast, very expensive, very heavy, four door...El Camino.
Posted by: And it's ugly to boot at March 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

Raises eyebrows…

Posted by: Jesse Pinkman at March 06, 2026 12:02 PM (UCAqC)

236 Glad that Gibson elected to not have Caviezal reprise the role of Jesus. He got too old.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:02 PM (pDt9x)

237
There is some good news from the least-woke team* in Major League Baseball - the Texas Rangers baseball team

You wanna piss off some SoCal lefties in the most hilarious fashion? Wear a Texas Rangers ballcap to a Santa Barbara farmer's market. They'd get incredibly confused, because on the one hand Texas is The Devil, but a properly educated and enlightened progressive wouldn't get angry over a Major League Baseball cap.

The angry looks in silence are priceless.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 12:03 PM (y9nCu)

238 What if I told we had a magical liquid that has been fueling humans for thousands of years, that can just as easily fuel energy production and transportation needs!?!?!?
Posted by: Big Corn/Ethanol

Semen?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 12:03 PM (oKJ0C)

239 Amusing story on Anthropic's fall from grace on X

@USWREMichael
says the Maduro raid was the trigger point for the DoW’s conflict with Anthropic:

“Palantir’s the prime contractor. [Anthropic] is the sub.”

“One of [Anthropic’s] execs called Palantir and asked, ‘Was our software used in that raid?’”

“So— they’re trying to get classified information. And implying— if they were used in that raid, that it might violate their terms of service.”

“It raised enough alarm with Palantir, who has a trusted relationship with the Department, to tell me, and I’m like, ‘Holy shit— what if this software went down? Some guardrail kicked up? Some refusal happened for the next fight like this one and we left our people at risk?”

“I went to
@SecWar

@PeteHegseth
and told him what happened.”

“That was like a ‘Woah’ moment for the whole leadership at the Pentagon that we’re potentially so dependent on a software provider without another alternative that has the right or ability to not only shut it off— maybe it’s a rogue developer who could poison the model to make it not do what you want, or trick you, or hallucinate purposefully.”

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:03 PM (E4rtv)

240 But congrats on going off in a completely different direction, forming a non-sequitor. You seem very smart for changing the subject instead of actually continuing the very discussion and point you asserted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The classic Lefty goalpost shift. How bad did polls show Trump getting beaten in March 2016 and 2024 again?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 12:03 PM (JCZqz)

241 (which is probably apocryphal)

Says who? You know a guy?

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 06, 2026 12:03 PM (cS1cw)

242 231
‘ I couldn't be happier that the ranger statue will be in a prominent place. Honestly more people will pay attention to it at Glober Life than its previous location.’

While conceding Love airport to the’Rats.
I guess I’m in a ‘glass is half empty’ mood today.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 12:04 PM (jbnUc)

243 226 In a really small Arizona town I frequent you see a lot of folks scooting around on golf carts, with a lot of local engineering. Solar panels mounted on shade screens. And open carry because why not.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 06, 2026 12:04 PM (gm9Sb)

244 Election Day should be declared a holiday. No work, just go vote!
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:02 PM (RkOfE)

Dems used to push this line, because their voters were working class. Now working class votes R, so our side has adopted the position.

Interesting how these things go.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:05 PM (13bda)

245 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

Thank you!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:05 PM (RkOfE)

246 Well, an interesting stat here

"Iran Missile launches during the first 8 days of conflict:

🚀 Ballistic Missiles:
🔴 Day 1 — 350
🔴 Day 2 — 175
🔴 Day 3 — 120
🔴 Day 4 — 50
🔴 Day 5 — 40
🔴 Day 6 — 32
🔴 Day 7 — 28
🔴 Day 8 — 15

🛸 Drone Swarms:
🟢 Day 1 — 294
🟢 Day 2 — 541
🟢 Day 3 — 200
🟢 Day 4 — 85
🟢 Day 5 — 45
🟢 Day 6 — 38
🟢 Day 7 — 30
🟢 Day 8 — 12

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:05 PM (E4rtv)

247 What if I told we had a magical liquid that has been fueling humans for thousands of years, that can just as easily fuel energy production and transportation needs!?!?!?
Posted by: Big Corn/Ethanol at March 06, 2026 12:01 PM (JCZqz)

It would be very interesting to look at the total energy budget to make ethanol, from the time the seeded passes over the field, until the ethanol comes off the still, and compare that to other crop-based fuels, like say growing canola to make oil that can be burned in diesel engines. And then compare both to the costs of producing petroleum fuels for the same purpose.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:05 PM (8zz6B)

248 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

Ha! I’m glad to hear it’s not just me. My wife claims our house is “too dark” and first thing in the morning turns on every light in the house. I sneak around turning them off lol

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 12:06 PM (UCAqC)

249 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.

Mine has a habit of receiving callers at the door and standing there with the door wide open, while she and the caller catch up. In or OUT!!! I'm not paying to heat the outside!

I've turned into my Dad.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Riz8t)

250 240
The classic Lefty goalpost shift. How bad did polls show Trump getting beaten in March 2016 and 2024 again?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 12:03 PM (JCZqz)

======

Polling now is largely worthless. The best pollsters I look at with a side eye.

It's a twofold issue of incentives (no one is scored on how accurate their polls months out are) and response bias (progressives have long shown a higher propensity for actually answering pollsters, inflating their numbers, a pattern that gets much, much worse outside of election seasons).

But, the tweet was a look into the past about how primary turnout and general election turnout relate. No matter the year, there was no predictive value. It's statistical noise.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:06 PM (GBKbO)

251 "I make thing's new."

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Cry Every Time. at March 06, 2026 12:06 PM (RfVfI)

252 243 226 In a really small Arizona town I frequent you see a lot of folks scooting around on golf carts, with a lot of local engineering. Solar panels mounted on shade screens. And open carry because why not.
Posted by: bill in arkansas

But should the golf-cart driving orangutan be allowed to open carry? https://tinyurl.com/mrys6z4s

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 12:07 PM (JCZqz)

253 I read an article by a cop describing a situation in Texas. A Ranger rolled up and offered assistance. Ranger goes to his car and gears up. A Thompson and two grenades.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 06, 2026 12:07 PM (gm9Sb)

254 234
‘ Granted electricity is pretty cheap where I live and lightbulbs are super efficient these days. But that shit still bugs me.’

But why turn out a light if you’re just going to turn it back on later?
Think of the time saved.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 12:07 PM (jbnUc)

255 " Don't waste electricity" might be an age specific mantra.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:07 PM (pDt9x)

256 You know who else liked to quote polls and troll?

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Et1h0)

257 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

GaaAHH! My husband does this constantly! I have to turn off his closet light at least once a day. And then he bemoans our electric bill. FFS, turn off the lights!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at March 06, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)

258 240 But congrats on going off in a completely different direction, forming a non-sequitor. You seem very smart for changing the subject instead of actually continuing the very discussion and point you asserted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The classic Lefty goalpost shift. How bad did polls show Trump getting beaten in March 2016 and 2024 again?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
========
FWIW, Rasmussen today has Trump at about 48 percent approval. If the war ends with few US casualties in a few weeks, then that is more likely to go up than down.

Never heard of Quantus and would have to see if they used any crappy internet responses as part of their sample along with geographic and demographic weighting.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)

259 Ha! I’m glad to hear it’s not just me. My wife claims our house is “too dark” and first thing in the morning turns on every light in the house. I sneak around turning them off lol
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Of you have lamps, get Amazon plugs. You can turn them off from your phone.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 12:08 PM (oKJ0C)

260 I don’t like the term “early voting” nor “vote by mail”.

It’s just voting. They might as well call it “election season”. They vote before Election Day. And they keep voting (or counting phony ballots) after Election Day, until such time they achieve the desired outcome.

Then it’s time to stop! Weird how this works.

Posted by: Thom Thillis at March 06, 2026 12:08 PM (5MnqL)

261 “So— they’re trying to get classified information. And implying— if they were used in that raid, that it might violate their terms of service.”

Five minutes later, they're selling stuff to China because they are a perfect non-Western society that is sooooo much better at human rights than we cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial types.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 12:09 PM (+4yJ5)

262 258 Never heard of Quantus and would have to see if they used any crappy internet responses as part of their sample along with geographic and demographic weighting.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)

=====

They came about in 2024. They're modelers, not really pollsters.

They did 2024 well. You know...based on numbers from October.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:09 PM (GBKbO)

263 256 You know who else liked to quote polls and troll?
Posted by: ...
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Old Mc Moo Moo had a poll farm, ei ei o. And on this poll he found some crap. ei ei o.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

264 Some fellers call it the Apocalypse of Saint John.

Posted by: The Water Is Deep at March 06, 2026 12:09 PM (7Q0e+)

265 First world problem: We are headed to San Diego on Tuesday, a trip booked months ago, and the weather forecast says it's going to be ten degrees warmer in Winston-Salem, where I live. Oh, well, at least we'll have temps somewhere in the 60's or 70's and we'll be right on the beach. Never been to CA, never seen the Pacific Ocean, so I am eager to get going.

Posted by: Lincolntf at March 06, 2026 12:09 PM (vV6n9)

266 249 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.

Mine waits till I'm halfway out the door to start a conversation.

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:10 PM (Y8DZL)

267 Forget polls. Look at betting markets. Polymarket and Kalshi both had Trump winning in 2024. Poly had him winning the popular vote too. It was Tru p pretty much the entire campaign, even when Kamala got her poll bump in late summer.

Talarico was around 70% to win for 2 weeks before the election.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:10 PM (13bda)

268 GaaAHH! My husband does this constantly! I have to turn off his closet light at least once a day. And then he bemoans our electric bill. FFS, turn off the lights!

When I was growing up, there was usually one light bulb in a given room. Now everyone has track lights. My kitchen has eight of them (granted, they're LEDs), as well as 3 pendant lights, and several over the stove and kitchen table. I sometimes come into the kitchen, and every one of them is on. Grrrrr.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

269 Looked to see where i could vote in Alexandria, Va.

One place deep in heavily blue precinct. Looks like theyre ballot harvesting too.

https://tinyurl.com/k53rp62e

Posted by: dagny at March 06, 2026 12:11 PM (ILGo9)

270 86 Can someone explain why the one riot, one ranger statue was considered offensive in 2020?? The word riot??
---------------
Cuz White.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 12:11 PM (pZ64F)

271 251 "I make thing's new."
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Cry Every Time. at March 06, 2026 12:06 PM (RfVfI)

Scene gets me every single time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

272 Nood. Perjury.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)

273 264
‘ Mine waits till I'm halfway out the door to start a conversation.’

Mine does too. That drives me bugshit.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (jbnUc)

274 267 Forget polls. Look at betting markets. Polymarket and Kalshi both had Trump winning in 2024. Poly had him winning the popular vote too. It was Tru p pretty much the entire campaign, even when Kamala got her poll bump in late summer.

Talarico was around 70% to win for 2 weeks before the election.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:10 PM (13bda)

======

Betting markets have no specialized knowledge, are really small markets, and actually don't have a very good track record.

Up until 7 pm election night 2024, they had Democrats winning the House. For months. And then...flip.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (GBKbO)

275 Mine waits till I'm halfway out the door to start a conversation.
Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 12:10 PM (Y8DZL)

Hahaha

At least once a week I’ll be in the kitchen. Wife is in our bedroom which is 10 feet down the hall and 2 walls in between. Then she asks me why I didn’t answer her.

Uhm because I don’t have Superman level hearing darling, that’s why.

Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (13bda)

276 FWIW, Rasmussen today has Trump at about 48 percent approval. If the war ends with few US casualties in a few weeks, then that is more likely to go up than down.

Rasmussen was very accurate for 2024, but more importantly is the trends. We can't know how accurate the specific numbers are, but a trend showing an increase in popularity is a but more meaningful. Whether it's a SOTU bump, positive war rallying, or improved perception of the economy is the question.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (JCZqz)

277 Nood Madison Cornbread.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 12:13 PM (kgE5c)

278 Nood…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at March 06, 2026 12:13 PM (ewuvP)

279 276 Rasmussen was very accurate for 2024, but more importantly is the trends. We can't know how accurate the specific numbers are, but a trend showing an increase in popularity is a but more meaningful. Whether it's a SOTU bump, positive war rallying, or improved perception of the economy is the question.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 12:12 PM (JCZqz)

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Rasmussen fluctuates so much, its trends are worthless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:13 PM (GBKbO)

280 And my favorite scene:

https://tinyurl.com/4keh7wt7
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And now I'm crying "grant that I may love you always, and do with me what you will"

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at March 06, 2026 12:14 PM (RkOfE)

281 Stuff mom used to say: "Do you need a lite to walk down the hall?"

This morphed into walking down hall with eyes closed. When to turn to room? 11 kid steps turn left.

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 06, 2026 12:14 PM (cS1cw)

282 I stand with Jasmine. Texas Opie probably cheated.

Posted by: MJ at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (XOmY9)

283 Heh. We Love Light. Lights on everywhere, ceiling fans going all the time too, we like a breeze inside. House temp 70 in winter, 80 in summer because the AC is really just a dehumidifier. Gladly pay the extra bucks to get what we want.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 12:15 PM (pDt9x)

284 They came about in 2024. They're modelers, not really pollsters.

They did 2024 well. You know...based on numbers from October.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Helmut Northpol had a more concise model that predicted Trump's win in 2016 in March of that year.

I took a look at the website, Universe: Registered voters
Sample Size: 1,000
Method: Online Panel
Field Dates: Nov 11 - Nov 12, 2025
Margin of Error: ±3.3%

Online panels have not shown themselves to be particularly valid yet. No evidence of geographic weighting either. And they show Trump's approval at about 45 percent. Youngest 18-29 years olds are showing the highest disapproval as well which are actually the ones least likely to vote.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

285 225 I will never understand my wife fascination with turning on a light and then leaving the room.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ExV1e)

Running up the electric bill on purpose to get back at her dad for keeping tight controls on utility usage, for whom you are now serving as the stand-in.

Posted by: Not fair but it's life at March 06, 2026 12:16 PM (TbWk/)

286 I wonder if that Ranger story was the basis for the "one crisis, one platoon!" line from Die Hard 2.

Posted by: Octochicken at March 06, 2026 12:17 PM (oCS0o)

287 > Your point was that primary turnout predicts general election turnout

That’s a false assertion and you know it.

What I pondered is whether at some point, after numerous like results and a statistical increase in Democrat turnout- if it matters. Or at least, at what point does it?

Trump broke all types of records and statistics. Is your assertion that primary voting numbers don’t matter, and nothing in those statistics is in any way predictive of the November election?

I suppose one could state that, largely the can’t be correlated, but when, and under what conditions does that correlation break down?

It would be foolish, sophistic and a statistical impossibility that your theorem would apply 100% of the time. Ergo, I posit, under what conditions does that change.

And you throw the fallacy flag. lol.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (IJqrQ)

288 287 Trump broke all types of records and statistics. Is your assertion that primary voting numbers don’t matter, and nothing in those statistics is in any way predictive of the November election?

I suppose one could state that, largely the can’t be correlated, but when, and under what conditions does that correlation break down?

It would be foolish, sophistic and a statistical impossibility that your theorem would apply 100% of the time. Ergo, I posit, under what conditions does that change.

And you throw the fallacy flag. lol.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 12:19 PM (IJqrQ)

=======

"Sure, there's no evidence of it, but I believe in it."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 12:20 PM (GBKbO)

289 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 06, 2026 12:21 PM (o7qMm)

290 We very well might get a GunTuber in Congress.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (4NO2D)

291 Shut up, dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 06, 2026 12:22 PM (4NO2D)

292 Snark isn’t a substitute for logic.

But then, it seems you’re out of your depth.

It’s ok. Not everyone can follow logic.

You seem to be holding to the assertion that nothing in the midterm statistics is analogous to the November elections. Not any deviation. Not any particular measurement. Which is a statistical impossibility.

If you were to say, it’s largely not analogous but here is a category and deviation that is meaningful, we could have an honest discussion.

But you’re going to schmolls with questionable internals and ad hominem.

Got it, Prometheus.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 06, 2026 12:26 PM (IJqrQ)

293 Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

Eeeeeeyep

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (Et1h0)

294 I always wondered why the post office didn't use Divco trucks. One would think it would be ideal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 12:27 PM (0U5gm)

295 Grok, create a generic website that looks like we've been polling since Sep 1, 2024 and got the results of the 2024 election exactly right...

Posted by: Quantus Insight at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (zHdFR)

296 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (looXz)

Thanks for this. Will read later...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (nbLIj)

297 77 About the Gospel of Thomas for those that are not familiar with it. And yes , this writer is no fan:

https://tinyurl.com/3knechnw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (looXz)

Fen, thank you for sharing this article. It's quite interesting. I forwarded it to my husband.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 06, 2026 12:36 PM (FMtrg)

298 Dems used to push this line, because their voters were working class. Now working class votes R, so our side has adopted the position.

Interesting how these things go.
Posted by: Heroq at March 06, 2026 12:05 PM (13bda)

Hyper evil rich people never work a day. This alone is why they all need to be killed.

Posted by: Americans at March 06, 2026 01:04 PM (fYhK6)

299 Since women outvote men when it comes to showing up for elections, this means the electorate will be far more female and far more "consistent always voter" in May...and that does not bode well for Paxton.
Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 11:07 AM (tOcjL)

I’m calling the SoS and will demand that she cancel the runoff on that basis.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 01:06 PM (fYhK6)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Cape Cod Evening
Edward Hopper

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Mama was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at March 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2Ez/1)

2 What's that, Lassie? Is Timmy smoking crack in the barn again?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2026 09:30 AM (IG3/x)

3 Oh, very nice. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

5 There is, undeniably, a dog. According to some theories of art, this is art.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

6 Lassie, where's Timmy?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (0nHVk)

7 Helen, I think Lassie is trying to tell us something.

Posted by: huerfano at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)

8 A little blury isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (EtnSa)

9 I like this.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

10 Alright, who fell down the well this time?

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (3uBP9)

11 blue spruce

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

12 I’ve always thought the Cape was overrated.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

13 I nooded.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

14 D'oh Rodrigo! I was just going to sock Lassie.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (WkL+O)

15 Stocky woman. Future Babushka.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (JCZqz)

16 Guy on stoop:
Imma shoot that dog...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

17 People Against Shrubbery.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (pZ64F)

18 He said he was going to cut this damn grass today...

Posted by: Mama with her arms crossed at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

19 Lovely. Thanks! I'm so used to seeing city scapes from Winslow Homer, this is a nice change.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (AQXU4)

20 where's the chevy pickup?

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

21 > 14 D'oh Rodrigo! I was just going to sock Lassie.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (WkL+O)

Horde Mind is a strange and wonderful thing, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

22 There is, undeniably, a dog. According to some theories of art, this is art.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Also noticeable boobs on the lady.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

23 Grass way too close to the foundation. I'd hate that.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (3uBP9)

24 I’ve always thought the Cape was overrated.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

Given that it's not pictured so did Hopper I guess.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)

25 What's that, Lassie? Is Timmy smoking crack in the barn again?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (oKJ0C)

26 If you've ever needed Lassie to find your car in the yard, you might be a Redneck.

Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (WkL+O)

27 nice rack

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

28 Lassie, where's Timmy?
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

See #02

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (oKJ0C)

29 Someone needs to cut the lawn.

Posted by: dantesed at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

30 Hopper! Have we had this one before? It's welcome in any case.

That handsome beast does look much like Lassie. I haven't seen many collies in real life; the weather in Da Swamp is too hot and humid for a long-coated dog like that.

Are the trees really that blue, or is EH pushing the limits of his artistic license? Using the blueness to suggest evening light?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

31 He said he was going to cut this damn grass today...
Posted by: Mama with her arms crossed

HE got deported.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (oKJ0C)

32 It's like a flying house that just happened to set down there, in a random field.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (3uBP9)

33 Grass way too close to the foundation. I'd hate that.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (3uBP9)

Yeah. There could be a hunnert injuns hiding in that grass and you'd never know it until you had a 7/11 pop up in yer yard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (ExV1e)

34 Is there a huge cloudburst to the left? The lighting seems way off between right and left. I'd be running for the storm cellar.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (XvL8K)

35 dearly deported...

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

36 I stayed in a 'Cape Cod' themed AirBnB once but it didn't come with a dog.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (M9gjJ)

37 It’s crowded and pretentious. The beaches are nothing special. There’s sharks. It’s expensive. Traffic is horrid. P-Town is all gay all the time.

Meh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (A5RD0)

38 The trees were blue that day, my friends.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

39 1 Mama was angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza

It’s a Hopper painting, so Mama’s always angry.

Posted by: Hopping Mad at March 06, 2026 09:36 AM (fKeBm)

40 Needs mowing. Maybe hand mower in that time. A bitch.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 06, 2026 09:36 AM (sl73Y)

41 The guy on the stoop looks like he's trying to entice the dog back to him. But the dog has heard something outside the frame that is even more interesting than a toy, or food. Possibly living food that can be hunted.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

42 > Also noticeable boobs on the lady.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

However, she's somewhat substandard as Hopper women go.

Compare:

https://tinyurl.com/y3jx9m2u (late-night office hankypanky is in the offing)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (IG3/x)

43

Got the most horrible sunburn of my life out on the Cape when I was there on a break from college.

I remember bathing in red vinegar and slathering myself in Noxzema and corn starch when I got home. Misery for several days until the skin peeled off.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (x0n13)

44 I must be learning from CBD. Never saw this before but the minute I looked at it I said "Hopper".
Would hang.
Thx CBD, have a grt weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (/C62k)

45 They just need to set a NY diner down nearby and you've got everything.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (3uBP9)

46 "Are the trees really that blue, or is EH pushing the limits of his artistic license? Using the blueness to suggest evening light?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius*

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Hey. Back off. There was a sale on blue paint. I overbought.

Posted by: E. Hopper at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

47 > 36 I stayed in a 'Cape Cod' themed AirBnB once but it didn't come with a dog.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:35 AM (M9gjJ)

Did it come with complimentary chips, at least?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (IG3/x)

48 Bluetrees was all my joy,
Bluetrees was my delight...

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

49 Very pleasant. Nice way to end the week.

Posted by: Tuna at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

50 Needs mowing. Maybe hand mower in that time. A bitch.
Posted by: From about That Time at March 06, 2026 09:36 AM (sl73Y)

They used a scythe. Death was their neighbor and he usually handled it but there was an outbreak of the flu somewhere so he was busy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

51 22 There is, undeniably, a dog. According to some theories of art, this is art.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Also noticeable boobs on the lady.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

Sniper?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (+YA9H)

52 the standard required a narrower and narrower snout and muzzle... they bred the brains right out of that breed; stupid critters these days.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

53 Niiiiiice!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (Suwql)

54 The devastating affects of Juan's Lawn Sevice crew being deported.

"What're we gonna do now, Ma?"

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (g8Ew8)

55 46 Hey. Back off. There was a sale on blue paint. I overbought.
Posted by: E. Hopper at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

"Pfft en Espanol!"

- - Pablo Picasso

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (x0n13)

56 Is that what houses on Cape Cod look like? Tall doors with long windowpanes, red-trimmed bay windows, etc.?

This painting is from 1939, so I'd hope the Cape wasn't anywhere near as crowded and touristy as it is today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

57 37 It’s crowded and pretentious. The beaches are nothing special. There’s sharks. It’s expensive. Traffic is horrid. P-Town is all gay all the time.

Meh.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Cape Codpiece

Posted by: Stroll Gayly Along the Broad Stately Town at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (fKeBm)

58 They need some outdoor furniture, though. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (Suwql)

59 Also noticeable boobs on the lady.
Posted by: Bulg

Don't blow the picture up. She looks like a skel or a zombie.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (oKJ0C)

60 https://tinyurl.com/y3jx9m2u (late-night office hankypanky is in the offing)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Nice ass, too.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

61 Hopper? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

62 Hey, at least Cape Cod beats Chappaquiddick.

Posted by: The Lion of the Senate at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (IG3/x)

63 It was a blurry evening at the Cape.

Posted by: No Name Today at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (8mulE)

64 Cape Cod Evening, 1939
Edward Hopper

National Gallery of Art:
Edward Hopper
Painter, American, 1882 - 1967

In part - The artist stated: “It is no transcription of a place, but pieced together from sketches and mental impressions of things in the vicinity. . . . The dry, blowing grass can be seen from my studio window in the late summer or autumn. In the woman I attempted to get the broad, strong-jawed face and blond hair of a Finnish type of which there are many on the Cape. The man is a dark-haired Yankee. The dog is listening to something, probably a whippoorwill [sic] or some evening sound.”

I love this to end the week.

Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (NFX2v)

65
Season 3, Episodes 2, 5, 7 & 10 - a limerick

Papa said, "Oh, what the hell?
It seems Lassie has something to tell.
Has it happened again?
How long has it been
Since Timmy done fell down the well?"

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (qgHp7)

66 >>I’ve always thought the Cape was overrated.

It has its charm, but the other cape in MA is better.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (Suwql)

67 Love Hopper.. This is different

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (VE6XX)

68 51 sniper, i barely know her.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

69 Looks like a Sheltie, not a Rough Collie like Lassie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (8zz6B)

70 Sniper?
Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 09:38 AM (+YA9H)

Charlie is somewhere in those trees, man. You can count on it.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (IG3/x)

71 They just need to set a NY diner down nearby and you've got everything.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026

***
Or a hotel lobby with isolated, lonely-looking people sitting around in it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

72 The sniper in the tree line could be lock and load Noem. Just asking questions.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at March 06, 2026 09:41 AM (URO9T)

73 59 Also noticeable boobs on the lady.
Posted by: Bulg

Don't blow the picture up. She looks like a skel or a zombie.
Posted by: rickb223

🤣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 09:42 AM (NFX2v)

74 >>> Looks like a Sheltie, not a Rough Collie like Lassie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 09:40 AM (8zz6B)

It's kind of a mystery mutt. At first I thought a corgie but too big and too much fur.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:42 AM (3uBP9)

75 The woman looks like someone took her eyeballs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 09:43 AM (/C62k)

76 Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Obligatory at March 06, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

77 66 >>I’ve always thought the Cape was overrated.

It has its charm, but the other cape in MA is better.
Posted by: Lizzy

No capes!

Posted by: Edna Mode at March 06, 2026 09:43 AM (JCZqz)

78 Dog is picking up every flea in the tall grass.

Posted by: Roy at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (qwype)

79 Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards...while wearing high heels.

Muldoon tells the same jokes as the rest of the Horde, only in limerick form...while wearing high heels.

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

80 Dog is more interested in the squirrel running across the yard than the guy's treat

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (EtnSa)

81 Plenty of ticks in that grass, poor Lassie.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (0nHVk)

82 Hopper's painting from the other cape - Cape Ann/Gloucester - are excellent: https://tinyurl.com/3bp7cnrv

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (Suwql)

83 Looks like all three of them are sick of Timmy's screaming from the bottom of the well.

Posted by: red speck at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (Ve/HL)

84 Looks like this fellow is pretending to be distracted by the dog because he got the young miss preggers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (M9gjJ)

85 The squirrel is the dog's treat

Posted by: NARRATOR at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (qwype)

86 Mow your damned lawn!

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (zHdFR)

87 I think at that size, it's more likely to be a Sheltie than a Rough Collie, but eh.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (3wOGw)

88 Don't blow the picture up. She looks like a skel or a zombie.
Posted by: rickb223

Sounds like my kind of ghoul!

Posted by: The Crypkeeper at March 06, 2026 09:46 AM (JCZqz)

89 It took 77 comments to get to "no capes?" I am disappointed in you

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 06, 2026 09:47 AM (QE+Sx)

90 >>Plenty of ticks in that grass, poor Lassie.

Uhh, not yet - - - workin' on it!

Posted by: Plum Island Scientist at March 06, 2026 09:47 AM (Suwql)

91 Nice. Colors vivid. Seems like a happy place.

'Cept Momma Mad.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 09:47 AM (DgMqy)

92 That's a weird looking house.

Posted by: dantesed at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

93 >>No capes!
Posted by: Edna Mode

"No capes for you!"
-- Soup nazi who's relocated to MA

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (Suwql)

94 >>> The woman looks like someone took her eyeballs
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 09:43 AM (/C62k)

That's ok. Turns out, we won't even need them! How crazy is that!

Posted by: Owen Wilson as Dr. Peter Weir in Event Horizon the Comedy at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

95 91 Nice. Colors vivid. Seems like a happy place.

'Cept Momma Mad.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 09:47 AM (DgMqy)

Dude is getting a talkin'-to.

Posted by: Roy at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (qwype)

96 90 i learned about that now.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

97 Posted by: The Crypkeeper at March 06, 2026 09:46 AM (JCZqz)

Would you like to buy a "t"?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (+YA9H)

98 The squirrel is the dog's treat
Posted by: NARRATOR at March 06, 2026 09:45 AM (qwype)

"Eat 'im up, Lassie! Drink its blood! Good girl. Good girl."

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 09:49 AM (g8Ew8)

99 Skyrocketing gas prices and 92,000 jobs lost in February.

America’s nightmare continues.

Posted by: Blue Tsunami 2026 at March 06, 2026 09:49 AM (GFRGc)

100 100

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 09:49 AM (+YA9H)

101 Looks like a Sheltie, not a Rough Collie like Lassie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Lassie was a refined lady. Not like that mixed breed from down the road.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:50 AM (oKJ0C)

102 Painted before Hopper was skinned and hung up by the Predator in the jungle.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 06, 2026 09:50 AM (MZ+PY)

103 91 Nice. Colors vivid. Seems like a happy place.

'Cept Momma Mad.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 09:47 AM
###

"It is better to live in a desert land, Than with a contentious and vexing woman."

Posted by: Proverbs 21:19 at March 06, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

104 I covet the corbels.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 06, 2026 09:51 AM (w/O5Q)

105 she's waiting for him to hot glue the heel back onto her sandal.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

106 So what are all the people who were screaming about the USA hockey team going to the White House going to say about Miami FC going yesterday?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 09:51 AM (MGB5H)

107 Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards...while wearing high heels.

Muldoon tells the same jokes as the rest of the Horde, only in limerick form...while wearing high heels.
Posted by: muldoon

TMI! TMI!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:51 AM (oKJ0C)

108 How many Americans must die to satiate Israel?

Posted by: Blue Tsunami 2026 at March 06, 2026 09:52 AM (LTbl/)

109 She's standing in the foxtails going, "this is your idea of a porch?!"

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 09:52 AM (zHdFR)

110 The woman wants to know if he is ever foing to get around to mowing that lawn, dammit.

Would hang.

Posted by: Huck Folkywood at March 06, 2026 09:53 AM (ojwpM)

111 By the way, it's not a porch, it's a Ferrari.

Posted by: just the punchline at March 06, 2026 09:54 AM (8zz6B)

112
Dog = Art

Trees = Art

Dog AND Trees = Masterpiece

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 09:54 AM (y9nCu)

113 o what are all the people who were screaming about the USA hockey team going to the White House going to say about Miami FC going yesterday?
Posted by: BruceWayne

Messi will have to dodge piss bottles now. He has been using bad think.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 06, 2026 09:54 AM (wdCH4)

114 80 Dog is more interested in the squirrel running across the yard than the guy's treat
Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (EtnSa)

Could be a ball or something similar that he's been tossing for the pupster.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 09:55 AM (+YA9H)

115 No the war is not "spreading" because Iran is lashing out in all directions. Good Lord I despise the press.

Posted by: steevy at March 06, 2026 09:55 AM (YwEeS)

116 Cape Cod? I don't see any fish.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 09:55 AM (8ty7h)

117 Lassie!!

Oh Lassie!!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 09:55 AM (bss/y)

118 111 her zombie eyes were caused by cataracts?

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

119 A tsunami of lies.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 06, 2026 09:56 AM (wdCH4)

120 stirring the chowdah.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

121 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name. I'd disqualify the dude on that basis alone.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

122 105 she's waiting for him to hot glue the heel back onto her sandal.
Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

Ha!

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 09:56 AM (+YA9H)

123 Looks like a Sheltie, not a Rough Collie like Lassie.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

**********

Has a strong resemblance to our Red Heeler "Peppy". Sometimes called a Queensland Heeler, her variety of Australian Cattle Dog was initially the result of a rancher breeding a Standard Collie with a dingo.

"Peppy" is a bit of a wild child befitting of that kind of heritage.

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

124 Where's the lobstah?

Posted by: Wistah at March 06, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

125 An interesting chart:

https://x.com/QuantusInsights/status/
2029612475466096881

We tested the relationship in this chart (Texas primary / Texas general elections 2000–2024) and it’s basically noise:
• correlation r ≈ 0.13 (R² ≈ 0.02)
• a 10-point swing in the primary maps to ~0.4 points in the general

-----

Essentially, turnout during a primary is not at all indicative of performance in a general election. If it were, Obama would have won Texas in 2008. He did not win Texas in 2008.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

126 We had a blue tsunami. The city workers pressure washed the poop and pee off our sidewalks.

Posted by: Rex B at March 06, 2026 09:58 AM (GI9/m)

127 Doggo, ergo Art.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 09:58 AM (kgE5c)

128 123 "hall's heelers" were exclusive for at least some decades. the pooch in road warrior is a cattle dog.fond of that breed.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

129 This dress makes me look fat

Posted by: Woman in painting... at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (VE6XX)

130 Lobstah is pahked in the cah.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (wdCH4)

131 Where's the lobstah?
Posted by: Wistah at March 06, 2026 09:57 AM

Tiny shack down the road. It's wicked pissah.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (kgE5c)

132 That's a stoop, not a porch.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (8ty7h)

133 RMBS!

Greetings, sir. TGIF.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (A5RD0)

134 This is lovely. Muted colors suitable for evening, no sense of wind, just quiet and relaxed at the end of the day. The soft textures of the trees and grass against the harder lines of the house could seem incongruent but the house is old, probably Victorian era, and has become part of the landscape. The red brick foundation is straight (well built) and solid and the paint is maintained and the decorative carvings over the stoop show the home is valued. Only the dog (which, of course, makes this art) is alert and active. The place and people are comfortably quiet. It makes me want to go "Ahhh!"

Part of the appeal for me is nostalgia. I'm old enough to remember Cape Cod as a pleasant, seaside community, not some loud fashionable fag haven. A nice touch is the red tin roof on the left. Those were easy to maintain and made a pleasant sound during rainy days and nights.

Posted by: JTB at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

135 WSJ:

Trump Says No Iran Deal Until ‘Unconditional Surrender’

I had a feeling Trump was going to go there. In it to win it.

Posted by: WisRich at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (G0vdT)

136 Lobstah is pahked in the cah.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM

To be fair, the lobstah would probably drive better than most people around here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:00 AM (kgE5c)

137 Cape Cod? I don't see any fish.
Posted by: Cicero

It takes time to see them. Just let your gaze linger.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

138 126 brown and yellow make blue, in this case.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

139 Leaving aside all of the backstage drama with Noem, she did a commendable job. Whoever her successor may be, it might be smart to start out by managing our expectations of them. I reallly doubt that they will do more than she did.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (pDt9x)

140 112
Dog = Art

Trees = Art

Dog AND Trees = Masterpiece
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 09:54 AM (y9nCu)

But no soldiers or sailors sailing off to war.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (3wOGw)

141 Where's the Man from Nantucket? The guy with the long....face.

Posted by: Poet Lariat at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)

142 Trump Says No Iran Deal Until ‘Unconditional Surrender’

I had a feeling Trump was going to go there. In it to win it.
Posted by: WisRich at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (G0vdT)

You can't make a deal with the Mullahs ...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (VE6XX)

143 RMBS!

Greetings, sir. TGIF.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM

Greetings, nurse! It is, indeed, Friday, thank God. And it looks like most of last night's predicted snow became rain, so we got that going for us. Which is nice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (kgE5c)

144 119 A tsunami of lies.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

There will be a tsunami of tears when the Blue Wave doesn't materialize, and the Left realizes Trump has 26 more months of unfettered executive power to crush them.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

145 Essentially, turnout during a primary is not at all indicative of performance in a general election. If it were, Obama would have won Texas in 2008. He did not win Texas in 2008.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering

Can't be true. Special election and primary turnouts are reasons to set your hair on fire. I have been assured.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (MGB5H)

146 Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, only backwards...while wearing high heels.

They call it being led.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (Kt19C)

147
Where's the lobstah?
Posted by: Wistah at March 06, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

Living in Tsuminis tighty-whities. Next to that highly contagious rash.

Hygiene, Mr Blue Wave. Hygiene.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (y9nCu)

148 To be fair, the lobstah would probably drive better than most people around here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Boston's the only place where I've ever seen a car being driven on a sidewalk.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

149 140 112
Dog = Art

Trees = Art

Dog AND Trees = Masterpiece
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 09:54 AM (y9nCu)

But no soldiers or sailors sailing off to war.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (3wOGw)

But Brandy does her best
To understand

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (+YA9H)

150 145 Essentially, turnout during a primary is not at all indicative of performance in a general election. If it were, Obama would have won Texas in 2008. He did not win Texas in 2008.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering

Can't be true. Special election and primary turnouts are reasons to set your hair on fire. I have been assured.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (MGB5H)

======

I'm surprised anyone has hair anymore, to be honest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (GBKbO)

151 Trump Says No Iran Deal Until ‘Unconditional Surrender’

Hey mullahs, remember what happened to the last place we demanded unconditional surrender from?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (8ty7h)

152 Cape Cod is full of Massholes. Will ne'er go back.

Posted by: Better Things To Do at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (oftw2)

153 But no soldiers or sailors sailing off to war.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (3wOGw)

No storm clouds.

-1

No boobs.

-2

No swords.

-1

Although I do like the kind of shadowy forest to the left.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

154 Ginger Rogers was a marvelous physical talent, and she is a wonder in Howard Hawks' Monkey Business.

Cute, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

155 "Oh Lassie, I seem to have gotten my leg caught in a bear trap. Run back to Mister Sanderson's house and bring me a C-clamp!"

Lassie: "Arf"

*time passes*

Lassie: "Arf"

Timmy: "Good girl, Lassie. Nice try! But that's a coping saw!"

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (qgHp7)

156 126 We had a blue tsunami. The city workers pressure washed the poop and pee off our sidewalks.
Posted by: Rex B

You live in San Francisco? Or India.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (JCZqz)

157 Boston's the only place where I've ever seen a car being driven on a sidewalk.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM

You should have driven with us in Port-au-Prince.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (kgE5c)

158 150 I'm surprised anyone has hair anymore, to be honest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (GBKbO)

Me too.

In general internet discourse, as soon as someone doesn't have a perfect Norwood Score, they're told to shave themselves bald.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (3wOGw)

159 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name. I'd disqualify the dude on that basis alone.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

His dad is the youngest of eight, and his brothers Mark and Wayne were the only two who didn't have sons of their own. According to Mullin, those uncles were extra generous with birthday presents when he was a kid.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (1ieqq)

160 139 Leaving aside all of the backstage drama with Noem, she did a commendable job. Whoever her successor may be, it might be smart to start out by managing our expectations of them. I reallly doubt that they will do more than she did.
Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (pDt9x)

Well at least they won't be calling Mullin ICE Barbie... I don't think...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (VE6XX)

161 151 Trump Says No Iran Deal Until ‘Unconditional Surrender’

Hey mullahs, remember what happened to the last place we demanded unconditional surrender from?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (8ty7h)

Are we going to break out the fine dinnerware nukes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

162 151 Trump Says No Iran Deal Until ‘Unconditional Surrender’

Hey mullahs, remember what happened to the last place we demanded unconditional surrender from?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM (8ty7h)

======

There was a report that the Ayatollah's son is refusing the position because he's more interested in science than politics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

163 Ginger Rogers was kinda hot. Not Rita Hayworth hot, but still a 1.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

164 You know, I'd really like a cup of coffee in a diner at 3 am. I should do that.

Posted by: The guy in the painting at March 06, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

165 144 from your keys to newsom's starfish.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)

166 HOPPAH DIDN'T DISAPPEAR- HE WAS SKINNED ALIVE!!

Posted by: Dutch at March 06, 2026 10:04 AM (bss/y)

167 155
Lassie: "Arf"
Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (qgHp7)

heg

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 10:04 AM (+YA9H)

168 There was a report that the Ayatollah's son is refusing the position because he's more interested in science than politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

I have ideas of my own, DAD!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:05 AM (bss/y)

169 144 119 A tsunami of lies.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

There will be a tsunami of tears when the Blue Wave doesn't materialize, and the Left realizes Trump has 26 more months of unfettered executive power to crush them.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

======

Democrats will probably win the House by some slim margin.

But just imagine the left freaking out because Jeffries, with the power of the purse and Speaker of the House, can't do anything at all except theater.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:05 AM (GBKbO)

170 159
Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (1ieqq)

A Vendette sighting!

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 10:05 AM (+YA9H)

171 Cape Cod? I don't see any fish.
Posted by: Cicero

It's Cape Sod.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (zHdFR)

172 132 That's a stoop, not a porch.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 09:59 AM (8ty7h)

They evidently weren't outside people.

Posted by: javems at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (zFsEm)

173 168 There was a report that the Ayatollah's son is refusing the position because he's more interested in science than politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at

And staying alive.... But mostly staying alive

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (VE6XX)

174 162 There was a report that the Ayatollah's son is refusing the position because he's more interested in science than politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

*The Grand Ayatollah's son.

(I only recently learned that there are multiple Ayatollahs)

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (3wOGw)

175 There was a report that the Ayatollah's son is refusing the position because he's more interested in science than politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)
--------

Specifically biology like, what keeps you alive.

Posted by: WisRich at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (G0vdT)

176 I saw an interesting discussion today. Someone asks, why do socialists assume the least motivated, least effort people in our society will work had for the common good when they won't even work hard for their own good right now?

The answers from the left were...interesting.

The most common was "give them a reason to work hard and they will". But...this is refuted by the original statement. Right now these people are in aggregate not working let alone not working hard.

One of the other comments was perhaps more accidentally revealing, "Why do you rightwingers think people that have issues working should have to grind to have a decent living?"

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)

177 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name. I'd disqualify the dude on that basis alone.
——

I know, right?

Posted by: Thom Thillis at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (MsRtR)

178 *heh

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (+YA9H)

179 Off to PT

Posted by: javems at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (zFsEm)

180 That's a stoop, not a porch.

Sheesh.

Posted by: Cicero (

I thought a stoop was where you sat and drank 40s of malt liquor in paper bags?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (MGB5H)

181 Look, the amber waves of grain aren't supposed to be the front lawn, you lazy bastard!

Posted by: Bone Idle! at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (oftw2)

182 *stomps in*
The dems are not going to win the house
*stomps out*

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (+nEug)

183 Trump Says No Iran Deal Until ‘Unconditional Surrender’

Hey mullahs, remember what happened to the last place we demanded unconditional surrender from?

Ha! I'm still riving! Or at reast I was in 1946.

Posted by: Zombie Hirohito at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

184 Hey mullahs, remember what happened to the last place we demanded unconditional surrender from?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 06, 2026 10:02 AM

It's full of weird tentacle pr0n and anime. Don't make us do that to you.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (kgE5c)

185 A Vendette sighting!

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 10:05 AM (+YA9H)

Heaven help us all.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (1ieqq)

186 169

Democrats will probably win the House by some slim margin.

But just imagine the left freaking out because Jeffries, with the power of the purse and Speaker of the House, can't do anything at all except theater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:05 AM (GBKbO

Maybe. But also possible that they do not. Very close thing, it seems.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (pDt9x)

187 >>I thought a stoop was where you sat and drank 40s of malt liquor in paper bags?

So you have been to Cape Cod.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (viF8m)

188 They call it being led.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (Kt19C)

Dancing, dancing used to be more of a thing. Gregory Hines. Sammy Davis, Jr. Gene Kelly. Fred Astaire of course.

Oh, what was the one in the 80s? White Nights? Rudolph Narev and Gregory Hines as a ballet dancer trying to defect from Soviet Russia.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (bss/y)

189 Best we can do is Cape Tilapia.

Posted by: Temu at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

190 You should have driven with us in Port-au-Prince.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

They have cars in Haiti??

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

191 Just for the halibut, I'm wondering if cape cod is more flavorful than cod from the rest of the eastern seaboard.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (M9gjJ)

192 thought a stoop was where you sat and drank 40s of malt liquor in paper bags?

So you have been to Cape Cod.
Posted by: JackStraw at

Ha! That I have, that I have.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (MGB5H)

193 You live in San Francisco? Or India.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (JCZqz

Seattle.

Posted by: Rex B at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (GI9/m)

194 No storm clouds.
-1

No boobs.
-2

No swords.
-1

Although I do like the kind of shadowy forest to the left.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

Storm clouds are behind the trees. The boobs are beneath the dress. The pooch is hiding a claymore

Posted by: Owen Wilson as Dr. Peter Weir in Event Horizon the Comedy at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (3uBP9)

195 157 i went to school with baby doc's best friend. my mom saw that kid low side his kawi triple in the rain and slide over three sets of tracks just as i was getting my first bikey.
almost queered the deal.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

196 Reminds me of the agnostic, insomniac, dyslexic Massachusetts fisherman who stayed awake all night wondering if there really is a doc.

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

197 Cape Cod is the 1,412th most holy site in Islam.

Posted by: Assistant Junior Ayatollah at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (oftw2)

198 I thought a stoop was where you sat and drank 40s of malt liquor in paper bags?
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM

On the Cape?! *shudders* That's more of an...urban thing. Try Dorchester.

Posted by: A Horrified Beacon Hill Resident at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

199 Sock fail, a continuing series.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 10:10 AM (3uBP9)

200 I saw an interesting discussion today. Someone asks, why do socialists assume the least motivated, least effort people in our society will work had for the common good when they won't even work hard for their own good right now?

The answers from the left were...interesting.

The most common was "give them a reason to work hard and they will".

They're right. If the slackers don't eat because they don't work, that would be a very good reason to work hard.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

201 Posted by: Owen Wilson as Dr. Peter Weir in Event Horizon the Comedy at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM (3uBP9)

Huh. I'd watch that movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:10 AM (bss/y)

202 Democrats will probably win the House by some slim margin.

Right now I'm calling a significant gain for the Rs - but since the redistricting stuff didn't go as far as it should have around ~20 seats.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (sKqQm)

203 You should have driven with us in Port-au-Prince.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

They have cars in Haiti??
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM

Them? I was talking about us.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (kgE5c)

204 mikhail baryshnikov, not nuryev

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (gQ15S)

205 286 Maybe. But also possible that they do not. Very close thing, it seems.

Posted by: tubal at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (pDt9x)

=======

I just assume that the turnout differentials that arise from parties out of power performing better than parties in power in midterms plays out this year.

But, gerrymandering after 2020 is so strong (the emphasis was really on expanding safe seats, not maximizing the number of seats won, especially in red states) that the number of actually competitive seats is so small. It's less than 30.

That will direct investment and prevent any major swings either way, meaning that we'll probably see a change of 10-15 at a maximum.

Still, a lot of open questions about the utility of fed grants for election funding, the effects of DOJ suing for voter roll cleanups, and kind of a generalized feeling of success from the Trump administration on the base that will lead to perhaps modified voting patterns.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (GBKbO)

206 176 I saw an interesting discussion today. Someone asks, why do socialists assume the least motivated, least effort people in our society will work had for the common good when they won't even work hard for their own good right now?

The answers from the left were...interesting.

The most common was "give them a reason to work hard and they will". But...this is refuted by the original statement. Right now these people are in aggregate not working let alone not working hard.

One of the other comments was perhaps more accidentally revealing, "Why do you rightwingers think people that have issues working should have to grind to have a decent living?"
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)

The honest answer from a socialist would be : "Because we're going to kill them if they don't."

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (3wOGw)

207 177 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name. I'd disqualify the dude on that basis alone.
——

I know, right?
Posted by: Thom Thillis
+++

Trust me. You can outlive an unusual name.

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)

208 Cod drink too much. That's why they have such huge barbills.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

209 (I only recently learned that there are multiple Ayatollahs)
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (3wOGw)

If ayatollah once, ayatollah a thousand times, we are Legion!

Posted by: Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (8zz6B)

210 Reminds me of the agnostic, insomniac, dyslexic Massachusetts fisherman who stayed awake all night wondering if there really is a doc.
Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:09 AM

I'm right here, you know.

- The Sacred Cod

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (kgE5c)

211 They're right. If the slackers don't eat because they don't work, that would be a very good reason to work hard.

That's what happened in the early American colonies, but that's not at all what socialists mean when they say this...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (sKqQm)

212 168 "there's 'nowt wrong with gala luncheons lad!"

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

213 The most common was "give them a reason to work hard and they will".

They're right. If the slackers don't eat because they don't work, that would be a very good reason to work hard.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 06, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)

I always told coworkers when they broke out the 'If I got paid more, I'd work harder.' Bullshit.

'No you fucking wouldn't. Getting paid $5 more an hour won't change you from being a lazy retard. You'll then just say you should be paid more.'

I am not always the most popular among my coworkers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

214
There was a report that the Ayatollah's son is refusing the position because he's more interested in science than politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

"Let's elect that asshole Mojtaba. Fucker owes me money after losing that World Cup bet."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 10:13 AM (y9nCu)

215 202 Democrats will probably win the House by some slim margin.

Right now I'm calling a significant gain for the Rs - but since the redistricting stuff didn't go as far as it should have around ~20 seats.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (sKqQm)

=====

You may be right!

I dunno, though.

Still, I think the funniest thing would be a D House majority of 2.

Then their two oldest members die of old age between election day and the seating of the new Congress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

216 204 mikhail baryshnikov, not nuryev
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (gQ15S)

Probably right. It's been ... 40 years since I saw it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (bss/y)

217 Cape Cod is very nice in the off season, lots of natural beauty, no crowds and some terrific deals on hotel rooms. The Cape of my youth was a wonderful place.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (0nHVk)

218 Been away for a few minutes and now I smell troll shit.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (g8Ew8)

219 212 168 "there's 'nowt wrong with gala luncheons lad!"
Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

I've had more gala luncheons than you've had hot dinners!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (bss/y)

220 There once was a man from Cape Cod...

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

221 You may be right!

I dunno, though.

Still, I think the funniest thing would be a D House majority of 2.

Then their two oldest members die of old age between election day and the seating of the new Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering

Plus cuellar voting with the Rs a fair amount of time.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:15 AM (MGB5H)

222 180 no, that's a stupe (guilty).

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)

223 the decorative carvings over the stoop show the home is valued...
Posted by: JTB

*********

Hmmm. I wonder if The Guy Who Reall;y Likes Limericks would like to see 'filigree' in a limericck.

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)

224 Still, a lot of open questions about the utility of fed grants for election funding, the effects of DOJ suing for voter roll cleanups, and kind of a generalized feeling of success from the Trump administration on the base that will lead to perhaps modified voting patterns.

I think this first one is big. While the money supply to leftwing activists isn't gone, it has been significantly reduced.

Fewer people in the fraud industry and there will be less fraud. Now two interesting aspects to this

1) Can they easily control who gets the remaining money? For example make that NGO worker that submits ballots for illegals move from Philly or Baltimore to some purplish area?

2) Did CA cut their redistricting too close where significant reductions in fake votes means they lost a ton of seats?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

225 Dog. Trees. Sniper. Yup.

Alternate title: Squirrel!

Edward Hopper? Wasn't he the one that sang "Hello my honey, hello my baby"?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Coooofffffeeeee...! at March 06, 2026 10:16 AM (9O6qm)

226
Markwayne>>>Ilhan>>>Rashida>>>Shri

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 10:16 AM (tljrc)

227 Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

3) I think it is very likely to direct funds from other areas to ensure fraud to try to reestablish the funding streams.

I would think that would be the smart play.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:17 AM (bss/y)

228 Edward Hopper? Wasn't he the one that sang "Hello my honey, hello my baby"?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Was that before or after he was in Easy Rider?

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

229 No you fucking wouldn't. Getting paid $5 more an hour won't change you from being a lazy retard. You'll then just say you should be paid more.'

An easy way to prove if getting $5/h more would make you work harder is to ask, "How many higher paying jobs did you apply for this week?"

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

230 Ya know... I think I'd like to see "filigree" in a limerick...

Posted by: Person who likes limericks at March 06, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

231 220 There once was a man from Cape Cod...
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

There once was a man from Nanticoke
who shit his pants when he spoke
But before you get up
This was all a setup
For yet another dick joke

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:18 AM (3wOGw)

232 Edward Hopper? Wasn't he the one that sang "Hello my honey, hello my baby"?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Coooofffffeeeee...! at March 06, 2026 10:16 AM (9O6qm)

Was he a frog?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 06, 2026 10:18 AM (g8Ew8)

233 Cape Cod is very nice in the off season, lots of natural beauty, no crowds and some terrific deals on hotel rooms. The Cape of my youth was a wonderful place.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM

It is nice, off season. My friend is a priest down there. We enjoy going down to visit the parish when it's not summer.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:19 AM (kgE5c)

234 208 if your barbill doesn't equal your foodbill, you're not eating a balanced diet.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)

235 I think it is very likely to direct funds from other areas to ensure fraud to try to reestablish the funding streams.

Here is why I'm not so sure about that. If an NGO in Philly is getting money in a way that wasn't cut by Trump/Rubio they are NOT going to give that money to some other NGO in rural PA. The people in PA want to stay in a hive city and keep getting their rice bowls filled.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

236 There once was a man from Cape Cod...
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

Who went to town to get scrod.
His wife said, I'll stay though
And along came Paolo
And she got it too, (thank you, God!)

Posted by: Ayatollah of Rock and Rollah at March 06, 2026 10:20 AM (8zz6B)

237
It's full of weird tentacle pr0n and anime. Don't make us do that to you.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:07 AM (kgE5c)

Not to mention motorized toilets that have AI-controlled electron microscopes to analyze your poop.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 10:20 AM (y9nCu)

238 Despite all of my travels, I have never been on the Atlantic coast. Was on the Gulf coast a couple of times, South Padre and Pensacola. West coast a lot, Nor Cal, Oregon and Washington especially. And Alaska. Gonna have to make a trip out east. I would like to see Maine, especially.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 10:21 AM (PSEDc)

239 Reminds me of the agnostic, insomniac, dyslexic Massachusetts fisherman who stayed awake all night wondering if there really is a doc.
Posted by: muldoon

**********

I failed to mention that the guy was also a hypochondriac. That would have rounded out the joke.

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

240 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name.

It just seems to be missing something...

Posted by: Mark Twain at March 06, 2026 10:22 AM (zHdFR)

241 Had a drive fail, well not fail, still 100% healthy but got a windows "there is no drive actually, gone, you're ok with that right?" Ran chkdsk all night and it actually worked. Fixed it. This never happens. chkdsk running correctly is way too much good karma. I'm going to be attacked now by pterodactyls or something to even things out I know it.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 10:22 AM (3uBP9)

242 219 "ah, you'd better go ken."

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

243 242 219 "ah, you'd better go ken."
Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

And look what you've done to mother!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)

244 223 manuel's filigreed hamster.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)

245 Democrats will only take the House with extraordinary cheat or the GOP retires their way out like last time but I think it's getting late for that. But we will see.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 10:23 AM (Et1h0)

246 >>Cape Cod is very nice in the off season, lots of natural beauty, no crowds and some terrific deals on hotel rooms. The Cape of my youth was a wonderful place.

Ditto. A college girlfriend got a job as a hostess at the Chatham Bars Inn one summer. Soon as I got off work on Friday at was Cape time. But the place got so popular it became more trouble than it was worth during the season.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:24 AM (viF8m)

247 It is nice, off season. My friend is a priest down there. We enjoy going down to visit the parish when it's not summer.

I just love Parish in the spring.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at March 06, 2026 10:24 AM (8ty7h)

248 Cape Cod is kind of an odd place. It has the traditional touristy vibe but with touches of both older WASP-y Boston Brahmin culture and new left GAY GAY GAY hedonism.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

249 Ok, interesting observation:

As Age +

Opinion

Beatles --

Monty Python ++

Beach Boys ++

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:25 AM (bss/y)

250 Cape Cod is kind of an odd place. It has the traditional touristy vibe but with touches of both older WASP-y Boston Brahmin culture and new left GAY GAY GAY hedonism.
Posted by: 18-1 at March

Well at least it's not P-town, yet...

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:25 AM (MGB5H)

251 manuel's filigreed hamster.
Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)

Wasn't Simon Filigree the gay slaveowner in Uncle Tom's Log Cabin?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 10:26 AM (8zz6B)

252 Rich people, fancy dog.

Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 10:28 AM (Lytz7)

253 Don't forget to try your waitress and tip the veal!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:28 AM (bss/y)

254 252 Rich people, fancy dog.
Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 10:28 AM (Lytz7)

That dog has plenty of conditioner.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:28 AM (bss/y)

255 Granny Guthrie's Hideout and Love Nest

Posted by: In Search Of... at March 06, 2026 10:29 AM (/1l9x)

256
Wasn't Simon Filigree the gay slaveowner in Uncle Tom's Log Cabin?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 10:26 AM (8zz6B)

He transitions to Simone Filigree in the next-to-last chapter.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 06, 2026 10:29 AM (y9nCu)

257 249 Ok, interesting observation:

As Age +

Opinion

Beatles --

Monty Python ++

Beach Boys ++
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:25 AM (bss/y)

Never liked the Beatles.

Was raised on Prog Rock on the father's side, and 80s/90s R&B on the mother's side.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:29 AM (3wOGw)

258
I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name.

===============

What's fun is, it could be a cracka name or a hoodrat name depending on the pronunciation.

Mar-kwayn (could spell it a little fancier; Marquayne)
Mark-wayne

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 06, 2026 10:30 AM (JF3MH)

259 But just imagine the left freaking out because Jeffries, with the power of the purse and Speaker of the House, can't do anything at all except theater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But, we're having our 8th impeachment vote! We're really holding Trump accountable! History will record our strong actions here today...are you not entertained?

Uh, we can't stop him with just one half of one third of government. Please to donate for 2028?

Posted by: Theoretical Speaker Jeffries at March 06, 2026 10:31 AM (JCZqz)

260 Never liked the Beatles.

Was raised on Prog Rock on the father's side, and 80s/90s R&B on the mother's side.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:29 AM (3wOGw)

I liked them a lot as a kid, but never got to the cultish adoration. It is not that they are now bad, it is I just am wondering whether they just caught a lucky break as to when they came out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:31 AM (bss/y)

261 I just love Parish in the spring.
Posted by: Mike Tyson at March 06, 2026 10:24 AM (8ty7h)

*Golf Clap*

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Always Appreciate a Lisp Reference. at March 06, 2026 10:32 AM (RfVfI)

262 That dog has plenty of conditioner.

With the fresh scent of Lyme's Disease. (I know, I know. It hadn't been created yet.)

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:32 AM (zHdFR)

263 259 But, we're having our 8th impeachment vote! We're really holding Trump accountable! History will record our strong actions here today...are you not entertained?

Uh, we can't stop him with just one half of one third of government. Please to donate for 2028?

Posted by: Theoretical Speaker Jeffries at March 06, 2026 10:31 AM (JCZqz)

======

Oh, there will be impeachment votes, but there won't be eight of them.

The first will take months to come together because of the sub-committee on impeachment needing to soak up every moment of airtime they can get to fundraise off of the horrible things they're finding but can't talk about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

264
Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 10:22 AM (3uBP9)

===============

You're gonna make 3 backups of that drive and switch to using a new one, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 06, 2026 10:33 AM (JF3MH)

265 Well at least it's not P-town, yet...
Posted by: BruceWayne

The Paolo, he love to take the ladies to, how you say, Pound Town. Why you say is gay?

Posted by: The Paolo at March 06, 2026 10:33 AM (JCZqz)

266 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. It's always Cape Cod. How come we never see Cape Salmon? Or Cape Halibut? I'm offended.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

267 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name.

Markiplier > Markwayne?

Posted by: Tough Decision at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (JCZqz)

268 I think I'd like to see "filigree" in a limerick...

***********

The Fixer Upper - a limerick

An architect of high pedigree
Proposed a home remodel with glee
"I'll add some scrollwork and such
as a decorative touch
If Kate and her husband Phil agree!"

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (qgHp7)

269 260 Never liked the Beatles.

Was raised on Prog Rock on the father's side, and 80s/90s R&B on the mother's side.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:29 AM (3wOGw)

I liked them a lot as a kid, but never got to the cultish adoration. It is not that they are now bad, it is I just am wondering whether they just caught a lucky break as to when they came out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:31 AM (bss/y)

London calling, but don’t look to us!
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust

Posted by: The Clash at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (fYhK6)

270 266 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. It's always Cape Cod. How come we never see Cape Salmon? Or Cape Halibut? I'm offended.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

Cape Town is kind of racist the other way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD, I'm helping at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (bss/y)

271 260 I liked them a lot as a kid, but never got to the cultish adoration. It is not that they are now bad, it is I just am wondering whether they just caught a lucky break as to when they came out.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:31 AM (bss/y)

I think a lot of it is that neither of my parents were fans, so it's just not something I grew up with.

So the fawning adoration they get is always going to make them seem overrated to me.

Not as overrated as say, Queen, The Eagles, or Steely Dan, but still overrated.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (wa/yD)

272 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

You gotta keep a stash around, man!

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:36 AM (fYhK6)

273 253 please return the stewardess to her original, upright position.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:36 AM (R11M+)

274 You know who's really to blame for the Beatles?

BOOMERS!!!!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

275 Someone asks, why do socialists assume the least motivated, least effort people in our society will work had for the common good when they won't even work hard for their own good right now?

The answers from the left were...interesting.

The most common was "give them a reason to work hard and they will".
----------

Don't forget the most common behavior from the Left is just lying to get you into a certain position and then pulling the rug out or pretending they never said the thing they said.

So anything that sounds good will be what they go with because they know once you commit, you are trapped anyway and they have what they want so it literally doesn't matter what they told you because they can just lie some more.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 10:37 AM (Et1h0)

276 254 mane n tail.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:37 AM (R11M+)

277 Went through my Beatles stage, heard all that old stuff to many times

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 10:38 AM (EtnSa)

278 London calling, but don’t look to us!
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
Posted by: The Clash at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (fYhK6)

I think about that style of band and think about the stuff I enjoy more even though in some obscure technical way they may be inferior (except the Beach Boys imo are actually superior there.)

The Hollies
The Beach Boys
Even the Fucking Monkees

The Beatles (and I say that in my head as BE-AT-Lays) are by turns dour and a bit weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:38 AM (bss/y)

279 >>>“Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote. “Do you stand with the American people who are exhausted with forever wars in the Middle East or stand with Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth as they bumble us headfirst into another war?”

>Only Congress has the authority to declare war. Is this greasy, reptilian imbecile for real?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 10:39 AM (M9gjJ)

280 Not as overrated as say, Queen, The Eagles, or Steely Dan, but still overrated.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM (wa/yD)

I was ambivalent about the Eagles until I went out with a gal who loved them. Damn. Kind of hate them.

Queen 'could' back it up. On some songs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:39 AM (bss/y)

281 257 my brother's didn't play beatles, but i had five sisters so, it's good but i never wan't to hear any of it again. stones, who, nope. oddly, the kinks still appeal.
i listen to wdpt. "we don't play that."

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)

282 The Beatles (and I say that in my head as BE-AT-Lays) are by turns dour and a bit weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:38 AM (bss/y)

The Rolling Stones out-rocked the Beatles 10:1, because they never totally forgot their blues roots.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (8zz6B)

283 206 176 I saw an interesting discussion today. Someone asks, why do socialists assume the least motivated, least effort people in our society will work had for the common good when they won't even work hard for their own good right now?

The answers from the left were...interesting.

The most common was "give them a reason to work hard and they will". But...this is refuted by the original statement. Right now these people are in aggregate not working let alone not working hard.

One of the other comments was perhaps more accidentally revealing, "Why do you rightwingers think people that have issues working should have to grind to have a decent living?"
Posted by: 18-1 at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (sKqQm)

The honest answer from a socialist would be : "Because we're going to kill them if they don't."
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:11 AM (3wOGw)

I work hard to support two horrific, all consuming addictions.

I like to eat and sleep indoors.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (fYhK6)

284 Gonna have to make a trip out east. I would like to see Maine, especially.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 10:21 AM

Maine and NH are nice. Come on up. Here there be Morons.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (kgE5c)

285 Bravo, muldoon!

Posted by: Person who likes limericks at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

286 There will be a tsunami of tears when the Blue Wave doesn't materialize, and the Left realizes Trump has 26 more months of unfettered executive power to crush them.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 10:01 AM (JCZqz)

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: John Thune at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (vqA1l)

287 279 >>>“Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote. “Do you stand with the American people who are exhausted with forever wars in the Middle East or stand with Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth as they bumble us headfirst into another war?”

>Only Congress has the authority to declare war. Is this greasy, reptilian imbecile for real?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 10:39 AM (M9gjJ)

Schumer is one of the most loathsome people on the entire planet.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:41 AM (wa/yD)

288 Any Beatles song is inferior to any song sung by Karen Carpenter.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

289 You're gonna make 3 backups of that drive and switch to using a new one, right? RIGHT?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 06, 2026 10:33 AM (JF3MH)

If you don't have three backups, it's not backed up.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Et1h0)

290 177 I'm sorry, but "Markwayne" is a stupid name. I'd disqualify the dude on that basis alone.
——

I know, right?
Posted by: Thom Thillis at March 06, 2026 10:06 AM (MsRtR)

You want to fire me from CNN too, huh?

Posted by: Poppy Harlow at March 06, 2026 10:42 AM (fYhK6)

291
Any Beatles song is inferior to any song sung by Karen Carpenter.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:41 AM

Word.

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 10:42 AM (tljrc)

292 Well at least it's not P-town, yet...
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:25 AM

Fortunately not. The former mayor of Salem, now our Lt. Gov., proudly said she wanted to make Salem P-Town North. She was remarkably successful.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:42 AM (kgE5c)

293 Maine and NH are nice. Come on up. Here there be Morons.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Just need to know the super secret handshake.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:42 AM (MGB5H)

294 >“Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote. “Do you stand with the American people who are exhausted with forever wars in the Middle East or stand with Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth as they bumble us headfirst into another war?”
----------

Words not seen in that statement: Israel, Iran, Nuclear

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 10:43 AM (Et1h0)

295 If Kate and her husband Phil agree!"
Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:35 AM

*slow clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:43 AM (kgE5c)

296 293 Maine and NH are nice. Come on up. Here there be Morons.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Just need to know the super secret handshake.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:42 AM (MGB5H)

======

More of a look.

Fire-scarred scalps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

297 Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote.

-------------------

This here shiny nickel says Rand Paul votes with the dems.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2026 10:44 AM (2UnvF)

298 I like to eat and sleep indoors.

Poop too.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 10:44 AM (Kt19C)

299
Got the most horrible sunburn of my life out on the Cape when I was there on a break from college.

I remember bathing in red vinegar and slathering myself in Noxzema and corn starch when I got home. Misery for several days until the skin peeled off.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (x0n13)

Dude, aloe Vera. Bathing in red vinegar???

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:44 AM (fYhK6)

300 This here shiny nickel says Rand Paul votes with the dems.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

He did on war powers. Lumpy voted with the Rs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (MGB5H)

301 You know who's really to blame for the Beatles?

BOOMERS!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That must mean we get credit for the Stones, too.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (zHdFR)

302 Poop too.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 10:44 AM (Kt19C)

I’m not in kindergarten. I shit.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (fYhK6)

303 Any Beatles song is inferior to any song sung by Karen Carpenter.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

Or drummed by even...

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Always Appreciate a Carpenters Reference. at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (RfVfI)

304 301 You know who's really to blame for the Beatles?

BOOMERS!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That must mean we get credit for the Stones, too.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (zHdFR)

======

And Vietnam?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

305 271 queens first two albums. the dan's first two albums.
yuck the feagles. "don henly must die" -mojo nixon

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)

306 288 Any Beatles song is inferior to any song sung by Karen Carpenter.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

She was an insane drummer.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:46 AM (fYhK6)

307 298 I like to eat and sleep indoors.

Poop too.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 10:44 AM (Kt19C)

That's not proper Smart Military Mountain Man behavior.

People might start to think you're a Commie.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:46 AM (wa/yD)

308 Just need to know the super secret handshake.

Y'know who else's hands shook?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 10:46 AM (Kt19C)

309 Is this about us?

Posted by: Kate and her husband Phil at March 06, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

310 I remember bathing in red vinegar and slathering myself in Noxzema and corn starch when I got home. Misery for several days until the skin peeled off.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (x0n13)

Dude, aloe Vera. Bathing in red vinegar???
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:44 AM (fYhK6)

Sefton, what are you, 200 years old???

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Am Much Younger Than You. at March 06, 2026 10:46 AM (RfVfI)

311 Led Zeppelin. You may bow to your Boomer Betters.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 10:47 AM (pZ64F)

312 278 go look up the lyrics to long cool woman right now. i'll wait. i never knew what he was saying until last year.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)

313 Led Zeppelin. You may bow to your Boomer Betters.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 10:47 AM (pZ64F)

-----------------

Talk about overrated.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2UnvF)

314 Sefton, what are you, 200 years old???
Posted by: Denny Crane

With all his birthdays, he's more like 43,568.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

315 306 288 Any Beatles song is inferior to any song sung by Karen Carpenter.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

She was an insane drummer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:46 AM (fYhK6)

Senri Kawaguchi. Nankai TRIO.

Almost inhuman.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:48 AM (wa/yD)

316 “Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote.

That's exactly what a 'vote' is, dumbass!

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:48 AM (zHdFR)

317 So it's a music thread?

Posted by: Just got here at March 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

318 She was an insane drummer.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Don't care about that. Her voice was angelic.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

319 That must mean we get credit for the Stones, too.
Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (zHdFR)
======
And Vietnam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And, therefore, CCR (or at least, Fortunate Son)

Posted by: Moron Deduction at March 06, 2026 10:49 AM (JCZqz)

320 Someone should ask Schumer if Nimitz should have stopped after midway? Or Patton after Sicily? Trump is finally ending this once and for all.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2WIwB)

321 282 early stones were all chuck berry songs= good. goats head soup and later= drek.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

322 So it's a music thread?
Posted by: Just got here at March 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)

----------------

Not if we're talking about the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2UnvF)

323 Nope, chkdsk screwed the pooch. No fear of pterodactyls. All files are sliced diced exploded and blended together. Thank you chkdsk for living up to my low expectations.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 10:50 AM (3uBP9)

324 >>Cape Cod is very nice in the off season, lots of natural beauty, no crowds and some terrific deals on hotel rooms. The Cape of my youth was a wonderful place.

Ditto. A college girlfriend got a job as a hostess at the Chatham Bars Inn one summer. Soon as I got off work on Friday at was Cape time. But the place got so popular it became more trouble than it was worth during the season.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:24 AM (viF8m)

Last time I went to cape cod I got a hate the tourists but love their money vibe. Never went back.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 10:50 AM (i0Hi3)

325 And Vietnam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

We gave you Tang, and this is the thanks we get?

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 10:51 AM (zHdFR)

326 Mullin is a member of Cherokee Nation (not unusual in Oklahoma). Mashing up two first names may be a Cherokee thing. I seem to recall some unusual first/middle names among local native Americans in Alaska.

Things like William William and the like.

We should count ourselves lucky if that's the worst thing to criticize him for.

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)

327 287 what about that one with the large round head that blinks alot?

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:51 AM (R11M+)

328 Fucking Schumer is as smart as his niece is funny.....

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Had Sex With a Raw Burger Last Night... Please Clap! at March 06, 2026 10:51 AM (RfVfI)

329 Nope, chkdsk screwed the pooch. No fear of pterodactyls. All files are sliced diced exploded and blended together. Thank you chkdsk for living up to my low expectations.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 10:50 AM (3uBP9)

"format" is your friend. Then install Linux.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (8zz6B)

330 304 And Vietnam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

And the EPA.

And the end of the Gold Standard.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (wa/yD)

331 316 “Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote.

That's exactly what a 'vote' is, dumbass!

Schumer and the dems line up ti save the mullah's bacon so they can send it to ukraine.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (i0Hi3)

332 I know better. I don't know why I do it. Some jackwagon on Fb arguing with me about a Firefly/Serenity reboot.

Except NOTHING is listed in ANY of the players filmographies as doing anything related. Nothing in pre-production, post production, filming, etc. He then goes on to say, it's like with Buffy reboot. No notification. Except when you go to Sarah Michelle Gellar, it says "Buffy - pre production".

And David Boreanaz - Rockford Files, it says "in development".

I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (oKJ0C)

333 Don't care about that. Her voice was angelic.
Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

I tip my hat to her for both. Sometimes at the same time.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (+caSM)

334 327 287 what about that one with the large round head that blinks alot?
Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:51 AM (R11M+)

Wallace?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Or Was That Grommet? at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (RfVfI)

335 >>Maine and NH are nice. Come on up. Here there be Morons

Back in high school I was hitchhiking with a friend, from the Cape ironically enough, in NH on I-93. Not an uncommon thing back then. Got picked up by a couple in their late 20s.

It wasn't until we were heading a bit down the road we noticed the empty bottles and faint odor of weed. We got passed by a couple of NH state police cars escorting the governor, Meldrim Thompson. The dude driving thought it would be a good idea to catch up to them and flip off the governor. It was not a good idea.

Never got pulled over by a governor before.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (viF8m)

336 "You know who's really to blame for the Beatles?"

Their parents.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (uA11f)

337 In case no one mentioned it, ithere are multiple reports that Tony Gonzales pulled out of his primary, leaving Brandon Herrera as the Republican nominee for TX-23.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (Wnv9h)

338 Just got here, and I'm pretty sure this has been asked by now , but...

Where's Timmy?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (xPq24)

339 332 I know better. I don't know why I do it. Some jackwagon on Fb arguing with me about a Firefly/Serenity reboot.

Except NOTHING is listed in ANY of the players filmographies as doing anything related. Nothing in pre-production, post production, filming, etc. He then goes on to say, it's like with Buffy reboot. No notification. Except when you go to Sarah Michelle Gellar, it says "Buffy - pre production".

And David Boreanaz - Rockford Files, it says "in development".

I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (oKJ0C)

======

I like arguing about movies that exist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

340 That must mean we get credit for the Stones, too.
Posted by: t-bird

Who gets credit for Captain Beefheart? For those unfamiliar, here's his little-known genius song "Frownland."
https://tinyurl.com/25f6kxa8

Posted by: Musical Moron at March 06, 2026 10:53 AM (JCZqz)

341 >> We should count ourselves lucky if that's the worst thing to criticize him for.
Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:51 AM (qgHp7)

I agree.

Posted by: Richard Dick Long at March 06, 2026 10:53 AM (6wm3D)

342 337 In case no one mentioned it, ithere are multiple reports that Tony Gonzales pulled out of his primary, leaving Brandon Herrera as the Republican nominee for TX-23.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (Wnv9h)

======

Well, that should take one minor narrative off the table for November.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

343 This is NOT Monty Python.

https://is.gd/XQJBvc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 10:53 AM (FXNzP)

344 “Today every senator — every single one — will pick a side,” Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said before the vote.

That's exactly what a 'vote' is, dumbass!

Schumer and the dems line up ti save the mullah's bacon so they can send it to ukraine.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

I don't want to hear one brokedick scream about releasing the Epstein files when 357 voted to seal the congressional fuck files.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (oKJ0C)

345 case no one mentioned it, ithere are multiple reports that Tony Gonzales pulled out of his primary, leaving Brandon Herrera as the Republican nominee for TX-23.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Ya he released an official statement.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (MGB5H)

346 Now led Zepplin is great. At the same time, also a hair overrated. A lot of good stuff there.

Black Dog
Immigrant Song
Moby Dick (as far as drum solos go)
Black Mountain/White Summer
Dazed and Confused ('Soul of a woman was created below, Yeah!')

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (bss/y)

347 Just got here, and I'm pretty sure this has been asked by now , but...

Where's Timmy?

Posted by: tankdemon

...swear to God, if that dog doesn't back off she's the one going down the well next...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (OUMaO)

348 And David Boreanaz - Rockford Files, it says "in development".

I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (oKJ0C)

WOW... A Rockford Files reboot would be so fucking risky! I'd put the odds of success at like 5%.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Or Was That Grommet? at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (RfVfI)

349 332 I know better. I don't know why I do it. Some jackwagon on Fb arguing with me about a Firefly/Serenity reboot.

Except NOTHING is listed in ANY of the players filmographies as doing anything related. Nothing in pre-production, post production, filming, etc. He then goes on to say, it's like with Buffy reboot. No notification. Except when you go to Sarah Michelle Gellar, it says "Buffy - pre production".

And David Boreanaz - Rockford Files, it says "in development".

I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (oKJ0C)

We need it to come back just so the Horde starts making references to Saffron all the time again.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (wa/yD)

350 >>Last time I went to cape cod I got a hate the tourists but love their money vibe. Never went back.

Come to Rhode Island instead. We also love your money and we hide our hate better.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:55 AM (viF8m)

351 Still around -

Holistic Medicine

Vinegar – Mix one cup of white or apple cider vinegar into a bathtub of cool water. The acetic acid in the vinegar acts as a topical pain reliever equivalent to an over-the-counter pain medication. Soak in the bath for 15 to 20 minutes. Don’t use soap. It will dry and irritate your skin. After soaking, rinse with cool water.

Then Aloe Vera, teabags, vitamin D...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 10:55 AM (NFX2v)

352 Y'know who else's hands shook?
Posted by: Commissar of G&P

**********

Michael J. Fox?

Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:55 AM (qgHp7)

353 Alternate title: I told you to buy a Toro

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 06, 2026 10:55 AM (HjVhR)

354 327 adam shiff(ty).

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 10:55 AM (R11M+)

355 And David Boreanaz - Rockford Files, it says "in development".

I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.
Posted by: rickb223 at

Jackie Weaver has signed on to play a role that did not exist in the original Rockford Files.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 06, 2026 10:56 AM (MGB5H)

356 I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (oKJ0C)

And let's be honest: The Reality of a continued or reimagined Firefly would never have been as good as we wanted or imagined it to be. That is not about woke or Whedon, but just life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 10:56 AM (bss/y)

357
I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM

I'd almost bet cash money that the re-boot will feature a CGI / AI Shepard Book and disney will promote this as a feature, not a bug

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 10:56 AM (tljrc)

358 I thought they just had a vote yesterday about Iran and the commiecrats lost it. Is this just commies, keep counting or keep revoting until we get the answer we want? Or was the vote they lost in the House and now the Senate commies are trying?

Posted by: PaleRider at March 06, 2026 10:57 AM (vlkz/)

359 "...we noticed the empty bottles and faint odor of weed. We got passed by a couple of NH state police cars escorting the governor, Meldrim Thompson. The dude driving thought it would be a good idea to catch up to them and flip off the governor. It was not a good idea.

Never got pulled over by a governor before."
Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (viF8m)

So you really are a pothead!

LOL!!!

Posted by: Denny Crane - Or Was That Ganga? at March 06, 2026 10:57 AM (RfVfI)

360 WOW... A Rockford Files reboot would be so fucking risky! I'd put the odds of success at like 5%.
Posted by: Denny Crane

He got James Garner's daughter's blessing. She thinks he'll do it justice. Tom Selleck is going to guest appear.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:57 AM (oKJ0C)

361 Y'know who else's hands shook?
Posted by: Commissar of G&P

**********

Michael J. Fox?
Posted by: muldoon at March 06, 2026 10:55 AM (qgHp7)

Yeah, but he makes a mean martini.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 06, 2026 10:57 AM (PSEDc)

362 348 And David Boreanaz - Rockford Files, it says "in development".

I want a Browncoat reboot as much, if not more than the next guy, but be honest. It's been 26 years. If it was going to happen, it would have.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 10:52 AM (oKJ0C)

WOW... A Rockford Files reboot would be so fucking risky! I'd put the odds of success at like 5%.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Or Was That Grommet? at March 06, 2026 10:54 AM (

Starring Idris elba!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 10:57 AM (i0Hi3)

363 >>So you really are a pothead!

I was an innocent bystander. The state cops let me and my friend go, just told us to stop hitchhiking on 93 which we did. Until they left.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

364 We need it to come back just so the Horde starts making references to Saffron all the time again.
Posted by: XTC

I don't think I'd want a reboot...the same characters with different actors. I'd want a new ship and crew in the same universe. More Star Trek TOS to TNG, less Star Trek TOS to Kurzman films with Chris Pine or whatever.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 10:58 AM (JCZqz)

365
He got James Garner's daughter's blessing. She thinks he'll do it justice. Tom Selleck is going to guest appear.Elba!

He made guest appearances in the original.

I'm thinking that little guy from always sunny as angel.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 10:58 AM (i0Hi3)

366 WOW... A Rockford Files reboot would be so fucking risky! I'd put the odds of success at like 5%.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Or Was That Grommet?

Already seen a lot of articles and publicity, so it definitely seems in the works. I'm not clear about how it would work, a lot of what went on in the original series just doesn't hold up in 2026, in some cases simply because technology outran some of his tactics.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 06, 2026 10:58 AM (OUMaO)

367 325 space food sticks.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+)

368 David Boreanaz has about 1/100th the charisma of James Garner. Just saying.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:00 AM (bss/y)

369 Is it standard procedure to vote on a no-vote? What the fuck are we paying you for?

I want my tax dollars back!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 11:00 AM (M9gjJ)

370 And as far as the painting- I also like the brown around the windows and whatever the curliques/ arches? are called holding up the front roof.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 11:01 AM (uA11f)

371 WOW... A Rockford Files reboot would be so fucking risky! I'd put the odds of success at like 5%.
Posted by: Denny Crane - Or Was That Grommet?

I thought I'd give new PI series RJ Decker a try. Homes every where you look. NTTAWWT

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 06, 2026 11:01 AM (FXNzP)

372 Nood!!!!!

Posted by: tankdemon at March 06, 2026 11:01 AM (xPq24)

373 Nood. Buck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:01 AM (bss/y)

374
Astaire and Rogers on roller skates; I think this was their best and everything they did was spectacular:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOILZ_D3aRg

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 11:02 AM (Y8DZL)

375 David Boreanaz has about 1/100th the charisma of James Garner. Just saying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yeah, I don't think anybody can live up to Garner. He was one of those Hollywood one-of-a-kinds, like Carey Grant or Spencer Tracy.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

376 Happy Unification Day!

Posted by: Uncredited Bar Patron at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (6GoyY)

377 David Boreanaz has about 1/100th the charisma of James Garner. Just saying.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 11:00 AM (bss/y)

I don't care if they reboot any of those old classic TV shows. Ain't going to watch them under any circumstances. TV is dead to me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 11:03 AM (8zz6B)

378 252 Rich people, fancy dog.
Posted by: Eromero at March 06, 2026 10:28 AM (Lytz7)

The guy on the stoop ain't rich ...

The Rich don't roll up their sleeves like that ... if they ever roll them up at all.

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 06, 2026 11:08 AM (3sXRv)

379 326 my assyrian pals dad was gorge george, but everybody called him camaro.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (R11M+)

380 I MISSED A PUPPEH PIC?!
Beautiful art, thank u

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 11:17 AM (ZLHME)

381 Vmom I have been wondering how you are. I think we're just not on the same threads. Hope you and yours are good.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Et1h0)

382 340 don van vliet has 100% masterworks. even the record label contract satisfying mainstream album "clearspot" warrants praise in its nose thumbing ridiculousness. it's so harble it's great.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 11:24 AM (R11M+)

383 346 seminal. but dead rock star radio killed it as well.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 11:26 AM (R11M+)

384 348 stopped watching after garner got his ass kicked in a traffic fight.

Posted by: cmeat at March 06, 2026 11:27 AM (R11M+)

The Morning Report — 3/6/26

Good morning kids. The military operations to degrade Iran's military capabilities and ultimately to take down the regime continue, and evidently it is turning into a global affair. First we have the nation of Sri Lanka:

The fact the ship has been handed over to the Sri Lankan authorities so quickly strongly suggests the captain took the decision to preserve the life of his men by opting out of the conflict. . . Given the facts as known, this is the first time since the Second World War that a warship has been interned by the government of a neutral power. During the Second World War, several damaged U-Boats were able to limp to neutral harbours and turn themselves over to the authorities after being damaged in attacks, preferring to see out the remainder of the war in captivity rather than the certainty of death at sea.

And crucially Azerbaijan coming in against the Mullahs

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation.

You might recall that during the Obama reign of error, Azerbaijan was going to allow Israel to base strike aircraft on its territory, making it much easier for the Israelis to reach Iranian targets with adequate payloads and fuel for the return trip, while attacking from the north, which would provide for the element of surprise. And Obama, being the Jew-hating dog-eating Muslim traitor he is, tipped off the Mullahs to this. Whether Israel alone even with these advantages could have achieved anywhere near a successful knockout blow against the Iranian nuke facilities back then is debatable, but in the event, it's now obviously a moot point.

On a positive note, along with Israel, Azerbaijan for sure does not want to see another Mullahocracy take control and so has a vested interest in real regime change.

Turning back to the USA, the big story is the departure of Kristi Norm from the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Noem’s tenure as head of DHS comes to an end after a heated Senate hearing, in which Noem blamed Trump for approving questionable contracts worth over $200 million for deportation ads, which raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

Say what you will about her personally, but the fact of the matter is DHS, with her as its administrator, was the key agency that finally sealed our border and deported thousands of illegal aliens, representing a key, if not the most important accomplishment for President Trump's administration to date, and fulfilling a campaign promise and the longstanding desire of all real Americans who voted for and support this President.

And now Sen. Markwayne Mullin has been tapped to replace her.

An administration official reportedly told NBC News that Trump decided to fire Noem due to “a culmination of her many unfortunate leadership failures including the fallout in Minnesota, the ad campaign, the allegations of infidelity, the mismanagement of her staff, and her constant feuding with the heads of other agencies, including CBP and ICE.” The official allegedly said: “Kristi’s drama sadly overshadowed and distracted from the Administration’s extremely popular immigration agenda, which will continue full force.”

Well, unnamed sources, so there you go. But the fact remains that Trump sacked her. And with regards to Minnesota, is she being blamed for the multi-billion dollar Somali/Democrat grifting or ICE rounding up the grifters, which is what they're supposed to do?! The fact that the Democrats and their propagandists in the media are over the moon about Noem's departure leaves me more than a wee bit disappointed.

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AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

“Khamenei’s son [Mojtaba Khamenei] is a lightweight.”
Trump: ‘I Have to be Involved in the Appointment’ of Iran’s Next Leader
He didn't stand a chance.
How Israel Tracked Ayatollah Khamenei
Israel delivered one of the most dramatic and accurate military strikes in modern Middle East history when a precision ballistic missile killed Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Talk about warheads on foreheads!
How Israel’s Blue Sparrow Strike Flew Through Space and Caught Iran Off Guard
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) has assumed control of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship (IRIS) Bushehr, a fleet supply ship (oiler). Sri Lanka has sent craft to receive the 1970s-era ship within its territorial waters and, per local media, has taken off 208 officers and men, who are to be sent ashore. The ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee for internment for the duration of hostilities.
Iranian Warship Surrenders to Sri Lankans, First Time Ship Interned By Neutral Nation Since Second World War
President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation.
Azerbaijan Vows ‘Iron First’ Against Enemies After Suspected Iran Bombing
It's not always Iraq. And pretending that it is, is ignorant.
Regime Change Vs. Regime Replacement: Lessons From History
No one wants another war, but Biden proved appeasement doesn't work. (It wasn't appeasement so much as it was COLLUSION. Biden, i.e. OBAMA wanted Iran to get nukes and become the dominant power in the region. Even if it meant, and really wanting the destruction of Israel - jjs)
Why Trump Took on Iran
As the Operation Roaring Lion enters its sixth day, the Israeli Air Force has destroyed more than 300 ballistic missile launchers across Iran.
IDF Orders Mass Evacuation of Hezbollah Stronghold in Beirut Ahead of Strike
"We're not just hitting what they have," Cooper said. "We're destroying their ability to rebuild. And so as we transition to the next phase of this operation, we will systematically dismantle Iran's missile production capability for the future, and that's absolutely in progress."
Iranian Ballistic Missile Fire Down 90 Percent Since Start of Operation Epic Fury, Pentagon Says
Prediction: This war will end with Iran’s mullahs still in control. (At least, the ones that haven’t been killed yet.) Because it has to: We’re hoping the Iranian civilians will rise up and overthrow the government, but they can’t do that until the bombing stops. Which means that immediately after America and Israel conclude their air strikes, Iran will claim victory because it’s still standing.
Iran’s Strategy to Defeat America, Shatter the MAGA Movement, and End Trump’s Presidency
I’m confident it’s going to be the same in Iran. Unlike Iraq and Afghanistan, where stupid people like me believed you could turn 7th-century goat herders and religious fanatics into Thomas Jefferson, Trump’s stated goals in Iran are clear: Annihilate Iran’s rocket, missile, and ballistic missile capabilities. Destroy their nuclear program. Remove any leader who does not accept this or who continues to fund terrorism outside of Iran. The Trump Doctrine is that you state your objective, achieve your objectives, and then you declare victory and get out.
Trump Doctrine of ‘Declare Victory and Leave’ Goes Back to 2007
Iran is often looked at in terms of terrorism. But economically, the mullah regime has cost us billions, too.
47 Years of Economic War: Epic Fury at Iran’s Assault on America
Fred Fleitz: As Iran unleashes missiles and drones across the Middle East while racing to build a protective “missile shield” for its nuclear ambitions, Operation Epic Fury may have come just in time.
Iran’s Surging Missile ‘Shield’: The Best Justification for Attacking Iran Now
Perhaps we forgot what it’s like when politicians act on their promises. Perhaps our enemies forgot as well.
Douglas Murray: Unlike past presidents, Trump kept and delivered his promise to eliminate our enemies
Neutralizing the military infrastructure of a deadly regime.
Operation Epic Fury’s Goals
From Iran's perspective, this is an existential conflict. The revolutionary government in Iran intends to destroy Israel, slaughter Jews worldwide, and, in its leaders' more fevered dreams, conquer the globe. The war it began 47 years ago ultimately is a war of annihilation.
What It Means To Achieve Victory in Iran

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If the United States Senate can figure out who’s responsible for all these unfortunate wars over the last couple of decades, somebody’s really gonna hear about it.
Senate Debate On Iran War Turns Into Senile Men Shouting At Sky
Those who support our enemies are enemies, too.
‘Death to America’ Democrats Don’t Belong Here
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The incident happened in Ann Arbor when two employees at the shop told Jacob Lindemyer and his wife Erika they had to leave because his hoodie said “Trump 2024 – Take America Back,” Fox 2 reported Wednesday.
VIDEO — ‘Better Watch Your Back’: Trump Supporter Refused Service at Michigan Smoothie King Says Family Is Being Threatened
Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien from Sierra Leone, allegedly stabbed to death Stephanie Minter, 41, at a Virginia bus stop. He entered the U.S. in 2012.
Virginia Lt. Gov.’s Bodyguard Pushes Reporter Who Asked About Illegal Alien Accused of Murder
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at “Homeland.”
Kristi Noem Out: Trump Picks Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Replacement
The announcement follows two Congressional oversight hearings Tuesday and Wednesday where lawmakers grilled Noem on her job overseeing the Department. Two fatal shootings in Minnesota following the DHS’ Operation Metro Surge and an alleged affair with her top aide have led members of Congress to scrutinize Noem’s leadership.
Trump Reveals Sen. Markwayne Mullin Will Replace Fired Kristi Noem At DHS
The official allegedly said: “Kristi’s drama sadly overshadowed and distracted from the Administration’s extremely popular immigration agenda, which will continue full force.”
Kristi Noem Out as Homeland Security Secretary; Sen. Markwayne Mullin Tapped to Take Her Place
"We all work by the grace of somebody.”
Minutes After Trump Replaced Her, Noem Highlights Key Point About Her Work
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
: Over $250 million in taxpayer funds were allegedly stolen, with dozens charged in the fraud scheme.
Fraud: Judge Accuses Walz of Lying About Order to Fund Scandal-Hit ‘Feeding Our Future’ Org.
In Maryland, for instance, federal authorities moved in to shut down three India-based call centers that were making cold calls to U.S. seniors to sell fraudulent gold bars. The scammers reportedly stole upwards of $50 million from more than 600 victims in the U.S. through wire transfer, cryptocurrency, and gold bar schemes, ABC News reported
FBI Cracks Down on Indian Migrant ‘Gold Bar’ Scam Targeting Seniors
Lankford is introducing The Stop Unemployment Fraud Act to reform the joint federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) program following the hundreds of billions in fraudulent unemployment payments made during the height of the layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would strengthen the program and ensure only those eligible and in need would be able to benefit from the system. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Whip Emmer Says Blue States Are ‘On Notice’ In Trump’s War On Fraud)
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. James Lankford Goes For Jugular Of $100,000,000,000 In Blue State Unemployment Fraud
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Col. Allen West: One judge. One ruling. The will of Texas voters overturned.
When Judges Override the People
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
All efforts to stop it have been shut down as “Islamophobic.”
How Did the Muslim Brotherhood Advance This Far?
Israel has been shrinking while Islam has been growing.
The Big Lie of “Greater Israel”
There are only two possible and mutually exclusive options.
Can The Quran Affirm The Bible Without Contradicting Itself?
Instead of their Jew-hating tormentors.
Elderly Jewish Ladies Booted Out of Spanish Museum (Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition . . . to return. Feh - jjs)

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
“But the issue of Bibi is interesting because he’s got his own domestic issues. He’s trying to stay out of jail.”
Newsom Repeats Slur Israel is an ‘Apartheid State’ in Blatant Attempt to Appeal to Dem Base
One meme that caught Corinne Goldman's eye mocked the slogan 'Jews for Palestine' as 'chickens for KFC'
Levi Strauss Heir Dan Goldman Distances Himself From Pro-Israel Wife Who ‘Liked’ Social Media Post From ‘God Bless Donald Trump’
Our moral betters, our moral superiors, those who sneer at us for our support of someone as “uncouth” as Donald Trump; those who have lectured us for a decade about how they are the virtuous, tolerant, and empathetic ones… These very same people are suddenly okay with supporting and defending a guy who sported a Nazi tattoo for 18 years.
Bulwark, Matt Yglesias Embrace Graham ‘Nazi Tattoo’ Platner
American Priorities PAC has said it will capitalize on the growing anti-Israel sentiment sweeping the Dem base
Mamdani Donor Attack on Democrat Incumbent Fails
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
When the dust settled, the annualized productivity growth rate for the entire current business cycle — dating from the fourth quarter of 2019 — was revised up from 2.0 percent to 2.2 percent. That matches the long-run average going back to 1947, and far exceeds the 1.5 percent rate of the sluggish 2007-to-2019 cycle that spawned a decade of productivity pessimism.
America’s Productivity Boom Is Getting Hard To Ignore
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
A Satanic cultist who killed his parents in a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump was sentenced Thursday to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Nikita Casap, 18, confessed to the murders in January after authorities found him living with his parents’ corpses in their Wisconsin home, court records show. Law enforcement also found materials detailing his descent into nihilistic ideology, terrorist plots and discussions with unidentified individuals who egged him on — a spiral that ultimately led a Waukesha County court to lock him up permanently.
Court Sentences Teen Who Killed Parents In Deranged Trump Assassination Plot
This guy is playing the race card because the left handed it to him and told him he’s a victim.
Father of 12-Year-Old Rape Suspect Says Son Shouldn't Face Prison Time Because He's Black
But critics object, equating lawlessness with free speech.
States Take Steps to Fight Civil Terrorism
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” We aim to correct this by bringing you the crime stories the media hate to cover in our new daily feature...
American Crime Blotter: 3/5/26
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Unless Governor Kathy Hochul can change course, the 2019 Climate Act’s unrealistic targets threaten the grid’s reliability.
New York, Get Ready for Higher Energy Bills and Rolling Blackouts
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The school labeled his remarks a “major incident”.
Maine Eighth Grader Suspended for Private Comments about Trans Investigation
Trump’s EOs and the Supreme Court make DEI illegal—but colleges keep rebranding it to dodge the law.
Bad Faith Noncompliance: Virginia Schools Flout Supreme Court and Trump with DEI ‘Rebrand’
More than 2 in 3 schools (68 percent) are performing worse in both math and reading than they did before the Covid panic.
Another Study Shows How Covid Learning Losses Are Still Hurting Students
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The House on Wednesday approved the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, with 176 Republicans voting in favor — just a week after some GOP House members reportedly drew battle lines over blocking Senate priorities. President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act for weeks in a bid to advance the GOP’s election integrity agenda. (RELATED: Senate Republicans Have The Power To Force Democrats To Filibuster Voter ID — So Why Don’t They?)
House GOP Seemingly Relents In SAVE Act Standoff With Senate
GOP commentators expressed disappointment at Paxton’s offer, but he actually appears to be calling the bluff of those who expect him to stand aside for Cornyn, demanding they advance President Donald J. Trump’s agenda if they want to keep their Republican-in-name-only (RINO) colleague in post.
Ken Paxton’s Genius Move Turning the Texas Primary Into a Referendum on the SAVE Act and the Future of America’s Elections.
The North Carolina Republican primary for state Senate District 26 is currently separated by two votes.
North Carolina’s Two-Vote Race Is Exactly Why The SAVE Act Is So Necessary
Unless the President and Republican leaders become strong men on immigration and the SAVE Act, we are in for some very bad times.
Weak Men And Hard Times: The SAVE Act As A Tipping Point
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account.
Pam Bondi Ends Investigation into Biden’s Autopen Usage.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The Kennedy heir closed his remarks with a quote from the Broadway musical 'Hamilton' that he attributed to 'our Founding Father'
FLASHBACK: Schumer Taps Jack Schlossberg to America250 Commission
From arguing ‘God is nonbinary’ to ‘grieving’ over protecting the unborn, it’s clear Talarico is a leftist lab experiment gone wrong. (Testube marked 'failure' - jjs)
17 Times James Talarico Made Us Wonder If He Was Created In A Lab
Gonzales is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee and faces calls to step down, while continuing his campaign for re-election.
Congressman Confirms Affair With Staffer Who Later Burned Herself to Death.
POLITICS
Those who constantly point the finger of calumny at Trump point three fingers back at themselves.
Will Never-Trumpers Ever Admit They Were Wrong?
A May 2025 clip of Carville telling Omar to leave the Democrat Party on his “Politics War Room” podcast resurfaced and went viral on Feb. 25. Host Stephen A. Smith asked the Democrat strategist on his show to explain what prompted him to push Omar to depart from his party.
James Carville Slams BRO-FO Omar Over ‘Stupid’ Rhetoric
16 months after Kamala Harris cackled her way into a loss against President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party seems to have realized its candidates need an image makeover to get voters to forget what their team actually believes. The name of the game is acting normal and talking like a moderate. For Democrats, that’s a stretch.
Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam
The 36-year-old nominee is described as a “rising star” in Democrat politics and was seen the more moderate and electable choice for the party, given Crockett’s reputation as an outrageous and theatrical Democrat firebrand. But newly uncovered past tweets exposing Talarico’s bizarre woke views make the 44-year-old Crockett seems like an elder stateswoman in comparison.
‘He’s Toast’: Texas Democrat James Talarico’s Old Tweets Come Back to Haunt Him (Beatification to Beto-fication - jjs)
Endorsing John Cornyn, the Senate’s leading RINO, would be disloyal to Texas’ loyal conservative base — and to himself.
Trump Despises RINOs. So Why Is He Reportedly About To Endorse One Of The Swamp’s Biggest?
What I learned
Two Decades in the Swamp
There are no moderates among elected Democrats. (because their policies and beliefs, like Islam, are antithetical to morality, sanity and civilization - jjs)
They Can’t Give It Up
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The incident highlights the escalating tensions between Ukraine and Hungary, with Zelensky accused of imposing an “oil blockade” on Hungary and Orban threatening to block tens of billions of dollars in EU aid for Ukraine in return.
Zelensky Threatens to Give Orban’s Address to Ukrainian Military.
Short version: Putin is stirring up ethnic crap in western Ukraine to distract from the ethnic crap he’s stirring up in eastern Ukraine, and he’s being aided in his efforts by pro-Moscow forces in Budapest and by ethnic Rusyns overseas. Put into an even broader context, we now have two ostensible NATO allies — Hungary and Turkey — working at cross purposes to Western interests. Putin doesn’t have to blow up NATO to get what he wants; the edges of the alliance are fraying all on their own. NATO is turning into a giant new Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia — it just doesn’t know it yet.
The Weirdest Thing Just Happened in Ukraine... Again
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
And yes, while China is a net importer of oil and natural gas — and yugely so — the Communist nation exports refined products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and marine bunker fuel, largely to Southeast Asian, South Pacific, and African nations. But not as of today.
EPIC FURY: Trump's Play to Starve the Dragon?
The conference highlighted the U.S.’s commitment to using military power to protect the homeland and emphasized the importance of regional cooperation against cartels.
EXC: War Department Declares ‘The Western Hemisphere is Ours,’ Sets Out New ‘Donroe Doctrine.’
U.S. actions in Venezuela have intensified pressure on Cuba, leading to severe economic instability.
Trump Says ‘Cuba’s Going to Fall,’ Mulls ‘Friendly Takeover.’
The "special" job is, of course, taking over Cuba (last week, Trump called it a "friendly takeover"). The president implied during his speech that it would happen in a couple of weeks, but he said we need to get Iran under control first. But Trump was adamant, as he has been for weeks, that Cuba will fall. Of the regime, he said, "They want to make a deal so badly. You have no idea."
Trump to Rubio: Here's Your Next Project
The Americas Counter Cartel Conference Joint Security Declaration aims to ‘expand multilateral and bilateral cooperation’ in the hemisphere to combat narcoterrorism and other security threats.
Hegseth Partners With 17 Countries To Fight Narcoterrorists In Western Hemisphere
Somali officials are allegedly linked to a network trafficking terrorists, fraud and children into the U.S. and Western nations, according to confidential reports exclusively shared with the Daily Caller by a Somali lawmaker.
EXCLUSIVE: Somali Lawmaker Shares How US Pays The Price Of Somali Terror And Trafficking
One thing unites the three great powers: all stand in increasingly strained relations with Brussels and the leading capitals of the European Union.
Fresh Troubles for the EU
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser on Earth, has erupted again for the first time since 2020.
Dormant Geyser Reawakens in Yellowstone With a Dazzling Show, Supervolcano Speculation
This result is actually disappointing, in that an impact of this asteroid, estimated to be about 200 feet in diameter, would have not only been spectacular, but would have been scientifically useful. ... The impact would have also eliminated the chance this asteroid might hit the Earth in the future.
New Webb data says asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss the Moon in 2032
...these results add weight to the need for developing interplanetary spaceships with some sort of artificial gravity.
Does weightlessness cause blood clots?
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
He refused to use transgender pronouns – now the school district is going to pay a $650,000 settlement to end the lawsuit.
Teacher Wins $650K Settlement After Refusing To Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’
International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 is touted as a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. However, this year’s celebration is also providing a worldwide platform from which gender ideologues hope to promote their efforts to recognize men who say they identify as women as actual women through official themes and a number of trans-inclusive events worldwide. Make that make sense.
Celebrating International Women’s Day In a Culture That Cannot Define What a Woman Is
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“By age seven, the younger Mill had read most of Plato’s dialogues. . . He did not believe that happiness itself could be attained by rational means. . . Larger ideals are just what technocratic liberalism tells us to do without. . .I don’t want to see armies of drones when I look out the window. . .Liberals would do well to take more seriously the anti-liberal critique of technocracy.”
Abundance Is Not Enough
A once-banned novel about migration and civilizational guilt reads today less like dystopia than prophecy—an unsettling mirror held up to a West losing the will to defend itself.
The Camp of the Living Dead
Christian Toto: Film captures career of one of comedy's most consequential figure
Will ‘Lorne’ Doc Ask the One Question We’re All Wondering?
Time and again, what appears to be the inexorable march to the hard left turns out to be another example of fake news. Traditional, right-of-center Americans are usually too peace-loving to take to the streets and too respectful of law and order to vandalize stores or set buildings on fire when things don’t go their way. Often, it looks like most of the momentum is on the left by their frequent shows of riotous force.
From Bud Light to Netflix, Traditional Americans Keep Winning the War on ‘Woke’
HITHER & YON
Selections from The Camp of the Saints revisit a dystopian warning about mass migration, cultural collapse, and the West’s moral paralysis—one that many readers now see as uncomfortably prophetic.
Excerpted Passages from a New Translation of Jean Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints
Above all, however, this history does illustrate what Washington himself believed, that God himself was on his side, that “the same bountiful Providence, which has relieved us in a variety of difficulties before, will enable us to emerge from them ultimately and crown our struggles
with success.” Tuchman illustrates the almost miraculous confluence of events that made
that success possible. And in looking at those facts, it sure looks like God was playing favorites in making the birth of the United States possible.
The American Revolution, as seen from across the Atlantic

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:31 AM (hY+PL)

2 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)

3 Greetings one and all! It's a decent day so far made easier by the fact I have just enough coffee to get through the next few hours.

Oh right. The articles. Back in a moment.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (+4yJ5)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (NcvvS)

5 “ I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 12:3

Posted by: Marcus T at March 06, 2026 07:33 AM (zEajA)

6 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 07:33 AM (lBwkW)

7 Gut shabbes and a happy weekend to you, too, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (MIIRH)

8 6 Guten morgen, horde.
Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 07:33 AM (lBwkW)

You have Clearance Clarence...!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (x0n13)

9 My heart will go on.

Posted by: Supreme Leader at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

10 Waiting to hear details:

https://tinyurl.com/ymkkfncp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:35 AM (hY+PL)

11 Lindemyer said his family merely wants to feel safe and be able to wear what they choose without being targeted.

Democrats: "It's your fault for wearing something that was so threatening!"
Also Democrats: "You can't blame a woman for assault just because of how she was dressed!"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:36 AM (+4yJ5)

12 "Echinus Geyser, the largest acidic geyser on Earth, has erupted again for the first time since 2020."

Jerry Nadler is second runner up.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 07:36 AM (vFG9F)

13 I recall Valerie Jarrett's mouthpiece saying that s/he wouldn't rule out the USAF/Navy flying interdiction missions for Iran if Israel should decide to strike. What a different time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

14 My heart will go on."

And on and on and on...

*cues up "Bits and Pieces" by the Dave Clark Five*

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (XuXeR)

15 "New Webb data says asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss the Moon in 2032"

whew

Posted by: Space 1999 at March 06, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

16 Lankford is introducing The Stop Unemployment Fraud Act to reform the joint federal-state Unemployment Insurance (UI) program following the hundreds of billions in fraudulent unemployment payments made during the height of the layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unless this legislation cuts off federal funds for states who do not police the system, I anticipate that this will accomplish nothing, even if it were to be enacted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)

17 13 I recall Valerie Jarrett's mouthpiece saying that s/he wouldn't rule out the USAF/Navy flying interdiction missions for Iran if Israel should decide to strike. What a different time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

I had forgotten that!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

18 An Indiana school district will pay $650,000 to end a lengthy legal battle after one of its schools tried to coerce a Christian teacher into using made-up pronouns for its gender-confused students.

These people need to be fired until they get the hint to leave normal people alone.

Oh, and they need to stop grooming kids. I don't care if it's a beautiful lifestyle choice.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:41 AM (+4yJ5)

19 Waiting to hear details:

https://tinyurl.com/ymkkfncp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:35 AM (hY+PL)
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"IT'S A TRAP!"

https://tinyurl.com/4522pe7e

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 07:43 AM (hY+PL)

20 Oh, and they need to stop grooming kids"

Why? After all, it's not their kids...

/

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)

21 14 My heart will go on."

And on and on and on...

*cues up "Bits and Pieces" by the Dave Clark Five*
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (XuXeR)

Dem bones dem bones . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)

22 20 Why? After all, it's not their kids...

/
Posted by: man

They can't reproduce so they have to recruit.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:44 AM (+4yJ5)

23 The state of Colorado is repatriating bison to various Indian groups in the state.

DENVER — The City and County of Denver will give 34 yearling bison to American Indian tribes, on Friday, March 6.

The transfer is part of an ongoing effort to return the animals to their native homes and support conservation efforts on tribal land. The bison are part of the herd you see at Genesee Park along I-70.

Sidenote: our queer governor's partner in sodomy- sorry, 'husband'- is an animals rights fetishist, so it's plausible he has a hand in this

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:45 AM (ZxPkt)

24 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning , Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at March 06, 2026 07:45 AM (fcoLq)

25 They can't reproduce so they have to recruit."

Exactly so. I'm always a bit surprised that so many teachers are single, childless women...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)

26 A most excellent MR, JJ. Thanks!

Also noting this auspicious occasion, the anniversary of your birth.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 06, 2026 07:46 AM (wVcYX)

27 so it's plausible he has a hand in this"

Ewwww.

Oh, you meant "hand in the project". Whew.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (XuXeR)

28 The City and County of Denver will give 34 yearling bison to American Indian tribes, on Friday, March 6.
The transfer is part of an ongoing effort to return the animals to their native homes and support conservation efforts on tribal land. The bison are part of the herd you see at Genesee Park along I-70.

How soon before the indians sell the bison to a meat packer and use the money for booze?

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Jackson, Indian Fighter at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (D1j1g)

29 The House on Wednesday approved the Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act, with 176 Republicans voting in favor — just a week after some GOP House members reportedly drew battle lines over blocking Senate priorities. President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to pass the SAVE America Act for weeks in a bid to advance the GOP’s election integrity agenda.

Sure would be nice if the article had given a brief description of what that act did and why Thune wants it so much. Seems pretty reasonable.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

30 I would like to know the ratio of bulls to heifers in that donation

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (+nEug)

31 27 so it's plausible he has a hand in this"

Ewwww.

Oh, you meant "hand in the project". Whew.
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (XuXeR)

My friend, sadly now of blessed memory, used to tell me the moment he decided not to become a veterinarian, when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)

32 31, that's why they sell shoulder-length rubber gloves out in the country stores ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (MIIRH)

33 >>when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass

Doctor Pol seems to do that about once per episode. I think he rather enjoys it.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (Y1sOo)

34
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (tljrc)

35 28 How soon before the indians sell the bison to a meat packer and use the money for booze?
Posted by: Zombie Andrew Jackson, Indian Fighter at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (D1j1g)

It's Denver. It's going to be weed.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (wa/yD)

36 Colorado is always doing stupid things.

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (ZxPkt)

37 Pam Bondi Ends Investigation into Biden’s Autopen Usage.

Damn Bondi! Who cares if they can find no evidence that laws were broken. I want a armed raid, I want people in perp walks, I want mug shots. Even if it's got no legal basis.

Did I do that right?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

38 I used to have a different nic, spot on !

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 07:53 AM (+nEug)

39 when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist."

So, Hunter Biden style?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

40 You have Clearance Clarence...!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
****

Shirley, you jest.

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 07:54 AM (lBwkW)

41 >Pam Bondi Ends Investigation
----

that's the complete headline, if one were being honest

has she had any high profile take-downs yet?

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

42 It's Denver. It's going to be weed."

Dave's not here, man...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

43 InfantryDort
@infantrydort
You know what’s more “dishonorable” than ambushing someone in war?

Losing.
4:50 AM · Mar 5, 2026

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 07:55 AM (WIlc2)

44 As Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, does Noem get an eyepatch like Nick Fury?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (h/O4U)

45 39 when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist."

So, Hunter Biden style?
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

No an actual artist. Not a criminal drug addict mutant.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (x0n13)

46 What’s the vector, Victor?

Our maintenance Test pilot was named Roger. He had fun with that on the intercom.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (15vO0)

47 I thought that was a very good editorial by Douglas Murray. Thanks for including it, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 07:57 AM (afKoR)

48 Damn Bondi! Who cares if they can find no evidence that laws were broken. I want a armed raid, I want people in perp walks, I want mug shots. Even if it's got no legal basis.

Did I do that right?

No...you forgot the frog march across the front lawn in front of CNN's cameras at zero dark thirty.

Leave it to the professionals like us.

Posted by: Merrick Garland, SS Gruppenfuhrer and closeted homosexual at March 06, 2026 07:57 AM (D1j1g)

49 I was acquainted years ago with a high-level associate at Saatchi & Saatchi, a well-known advertising and PR agency. She worked in their corporate image area and told me that woman's hair style will tell you much about them, especially in relation to their age. Women of a certain age who wear styles such as Kristi Noem's have a problem with stability, maturity and honesty. I thought it was interesting, and stayed with me.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 06, 2026 07:57 AM (fZiTB)

50 There's an acidic geyser in my pants!

Posted by: Joe From Rehoboth Beach at March 06, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)

51 "Women of a certain age who wear styles such as Kristi Noem's have a problem with stability, maturity and honesty."

Two thumbs up!

Posted by: Karen with a bowl cut at March 06, 2026 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

52 Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?

Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

… i look forward to the “gas station scene”

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:02 AM (WIlc2)

53 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

54 Good morning Horde, happy Friday. Thx JJ, have a great weekend.
The "abundance" idea of leftism was made popular by Ezra Klein . Now Gavin the Pretty has taken it as his mantra. A chicken in every pot. And the five year plan will be accomplished in four years

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:03 AM (/C62k)

55 My heart will go on.

Posted by: Supreme Leader at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)
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Like this guy?

https://tinyurl.com/mvmzaf7m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 08:03 AM (hY+PL)

56 >"Women of a certain age who wear styles
----

Sarah Palin had a sexy secretary thing going on

IMO

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM (ZxPkt)

57 “Khamenei’s son [Mojtaba Khamenei] is a lightweight.”
Trump: ‘I Have to be Involved in the Appointment’ of Iran’s Next Leader

--

I'm no foreign policy expert, but wouldn't it stand to reason that any Khamenei, or anyone still associated with that regime, would just be a changing of the guard and business as usual once the dust settles? Here again, I know nothing, but unless the country is given back to the people in whatever fashion they legitimately determine, it's not going to change anything. The same ideological maniacs will still be running things and in enough time, they'll be back to business as usual. But as I reiterate, I know nothing...

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

58 I have never been aware of Kristi Noem's hair style and don't care about it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (uA11f)

59 … i look forward to the “gas station scene”

"He hates these cans!"

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (LOZbR)

60 Kristi Noem. Corey Lewandowski. Grift.

Sometimes it's job performance, and sometimes it's the other shit you do in the job.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (MZ+PY)

61 Gonzalez drops out of Congressional runoff in TX.

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)

62 My friend, sadly now of blessed memory, used to tell me the moment he decided not to become a veterinarian, when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)
-

Any mooseum exhibits?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (NGAfI)

63 Word on the street ...

*Hands Johnny a sawbuck*

Noam will enhance security of the Americas by calling a stupid commie leader a dog and reach into her purse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

64 Lady in Black, be of good cheer. Iran is not going to be a theocracy ever again.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:06 AM (+nEug)

65 I think Noem did a good job, but there is more to it than we will ever know.

My only beef was with the glamour girl look

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:07 AM (YCxFk)

66 57 I'm no foreign policy expert, but wouldn't it stand to reason that any Khamenei, or anyone still associated with that regime, would just be a changing of the guard and business as usual once the dust settles? Here again, I know nothing, but unless the country is given back to the people in whatever fashion they legitimately determine, it's not going to change anything. The same ideological maniacs will still be running things and in enough time, they'll be back to business as usual. But as I reiterate, I know nothing...
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

If the Mullahs aren't completely driven out of power, what was even the point?

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:07 AM (wa/yD)

67 Hands up cows butts is a visual that I wasn't expecting this morning

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 08:08 AM (LOZbR)

68 Gonzalez drops out of Congressional runoff in TX.
Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:05 AM (YCxFk)

Hopefully he'll remain in office until January rather than weakening the GOP majority further.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

69 May our troops, those of our allies, and the people of Iran yearning to be free, be safe in the turmoil of war.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

70 Make no mistake, as long as these geysers and steam vents are blowing off, we're good. Any significant rise in the dome should be our primary concern. If some whacko country throws a nuke at it, watch out!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:09 AM (M9gjJ)

71 Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?

Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

--

I'm still actually marveling she asked that question. It's so bad, I can't read it without laughing. Worst part is, I can't make up my mind who sounds more ridiculous, Couric for asking that stupid question, or his answer. Both of them are unserious morons.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

72 Revenge is a dish best served cold. I have my vengeance against Lewandoski for my disarming - Michelle Fields

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (/C62k)

73 If the Mullahs aren't completely driven out of power, what was even the point?

--

That's exactly where I'm at.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

74 A fine Friday morning to all.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (wzUl9)

75 Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

I don't even know what Zoolander is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (uA11f)

76 I don't think the Iranian people will let any muslim anywhere NEAR a transitional government in Iran

but such a transition will likely be a huge and complicated undertaking

they could take cues from pre-1979 Iran
they might want a new constitution
I would suggest legalizing private ownership of firearms as one of a set of bullet points

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

77 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

We are a nation with 911 on speed-dial, microwave dinners, fast food, the desire for fast transportation. Some events take time and a shit-ton of explosives to resolve.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

78 Thirty years of cow and horse articial insemination and you don't even give it a thought.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:12 AM (+nEug)

79 "The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account."

I hope I didn't encourage any optimistic expectations.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at March 06, 2026 08:12 AM (vFG9F)

80 My friend, sadly now of blessed memory, used to tell me the moment he decided not to become a veterinarian, when he had to shove his arm up a cow's ass to remove some sort of obstruction. At the point he quit and became an artist.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026

***
Reminds me of all those "assisting a cow to give birth" scenes in All Creatures Great and Small . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

81 Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

That hilariously dumb.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:13 AM (uA11f)

82 17 Times James Talarico Made Us Wonder If He Was Created In A Lab
_______
He's obviously not the product of heterosexual mating.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (AlhUl)

83 Lady in Black, be of good cheer. Iran is not going to be a theocracy ever again.

--

Hoping and praying, Ben Had!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI)

84 The school labeled his remarks a “major incident”.
Maine Eighth Grader Suspended for Private Comments about Trans Investigation
=======================
This is an unbelievable story, and the community needs to look hard at the people running its schools.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (Ast+i)

85 Remember a couple months ago when Clapper and Brennan were gonna go to jail?

good times, good times

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)

86 Debating whether to have a portion of a creme-filled donut to top off breakfast this morning, or save it for dessert after tonight's pizza.

Yeah, I live a tough life.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (wzUl9)

87 NaCly, dearest. Best line ever came from "Body of Lies"
" The support goes from positive to negative to downright hostile. People just want to be told it's over"

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (+nEug)

88 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (2Ez/1)

89 “Why are you so Awesome, Governor? How do you deal with that?”

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (15vO0)

90 71 I'm still actually marveling she asked that question. It's so bad, I can't read it without laughing. Worst part is, I can't make up my mind who sounds more ridiculous, Couric for asking that stupid question, or his answer. Both of them are unserious morons.
Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

The most ridiculous part is that there are actually people out there who want to see that kind of slop.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:15 AM (wa/yD)

91 I don't even know what Zoolander is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (uA11f)

It's a comedy movie. I found it amusing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

92 Debating whether to have a portion of a creme-filled donut to top off breakfast this morning, or save it for dessert after tonight's pizza."

Depends. If said donut is big enough, why not both?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

93 How can you bear to let that lonely donut sit there all day, knowing that it will only be eaten later. Get it over with!

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

94 FenelonSpoke

Neither do I. But I am less attuned to popular culture than you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

95 What could be more boring than a documentary on Lorne Michaels? A person who may have been relevant 50 years ago. Who bankrolls this crap?

Posted by: Vast Wasteland at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)

96 Madison Cornnbread headed to the pokey?:

x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/
2029883721629761654

I hope ace gives us an update in the style and form we all enjoy.

Posted by: banana Dream - yeah I know it's not happening, but funny! at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (3uBP9)

97 shoulda bought 2 donuts

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (ZxPkt)

98 How can you bear to let that lonely donut sit there all day, knowing that it will only be eaten later. Get it over with!"

This. Besides, can't you find a decent beignet?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

99 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

100 "What could be more boring than a documentary on Lorne Michaels? "

Everything he did after "Bonanza" was crap.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (vFG9F)

101 I recall Valerie Jarrett's mouthpiece saying that s/he wouldn't rule out the USAF/Navy flying interdiction missions for Iran if Israel should decide to strike. What a different time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

I had forgotten that!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at March 06, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

That's one I'll never forget. Israel ain't Iran. If we flew interdiction against them, there *would* be heavy American losses. We'd win in the end, but not without paying a price. The idea of American and Israelis slaughtering each other so Valerie Jarrett could protect her precious mullahs sickened me at a bone-deep level.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (BI5O2)

102
That Newsome answer reminds me of a Bob Newhart episode where a very handsome guy, Emily's new tennis instructor, comes to see him about his "problem."

Tennis guy: Bob, you have no idea what it's like to be incredibly good looking.

Bob: No, I suppose I don't. (to much audience laughter)

Difference is, the guy was very good looking. Newsome is average looking at best. A Cracker Barrel 6.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

103 “ ….or save it for dessert after tonight's pizza”

Eat the donut now the. have the pizza for breakfast! EZ-peasey

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (15vO0)

104 90. If true, that is a act of War by Russia

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (YCxFk)

105 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (EtnSa)

106
but unless the country is given back to the people in whatever fashion they legitimately determine, it's not going to change anything.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:04 AM

we hear of the Iranians dancing in the streets celebrating the topple of Khomeini's regime

"yearning to be free" to coin a phrase

want to help them take their country back? arm them

a couple of containers of chicom milsurp SKS rifles & a flaming metric siht-tonne of 7.62x39 will go a long way towards eliminating the islamic theocracy for good (if that's what they really want)

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (tljrc)

107 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

Thanks. And how does it relate to Katie Couric's girl fan question and Newsom's self aggrandizing stupid response? There is an equally clueless news person and politician in the movie?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (uA11f)

108 s Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, does Noem get an eyepatch like Nick Fury?
Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (h/O4U)
===================
I hope so!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (Ast+i)

109 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region."

"Are they over here? *points at map*"

"Dah"

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

110 Couric's question is as hard hitting as Obama being asked "What has enchanted you the most about living in the White House?"

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (+4yJ5)

111 >1 I'm still actually marveling she asked that question. It's so bad, I can't read it without laughing.
---

she should just bury her face in his lap and get it over with

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

112 >>> w can you bear to let that lonely donut sit there all day, knowing that it will only be eaten later. Get it over with!
Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

People that eat half donuts and leave half in the box at work are all serial killers. true fact

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (3uBP9)

113 redridinghood , it is not being reported that Iranians are giving American and Israelis targeting information

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (+nEug)

114 68. Yes good point

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:20 AM (YCxFk)

115 Fenelon, I don't know what Zoolander refers to either. I just honed in on the "ridiculously good looking" part of Couric's stupidity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

116 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:21 AM (3uBP9)

117 Albino Ratface Spanberger continues to turn VA into a failed state like NJ. Is there anything Commie women can't or won't do to undermine the nation?

Posted by: He-Man Woman Hater's Club #23 at March 06, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

118 People that eat half donuts and leave half in the box at work are all serial killers. true fact"

People "who"...

And yes. Hang out in an office full of women with a tray of donuts nearby. All of the poor donuts will be torn into pieces w/in minutes. So sad.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:22 AM (XuXeR)

119 redridinghood

Note that Iran is only hitting fixed targets like buildings, radar sites. They would love to hit a USN carrier, but even if told where it was, they can not.

For mobility reasons i.e. time to get info to the launch crews but the carrier has moved, plus they do not have the right missiles for that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)

120 Madison Cornnbread headed to the pokey?:

x.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/
2029883721629761654

I hope ace gives us an update in the style and form we all enjoy.
Posted by: banana Dream - yeah I know it's not happening, but funny! at March 06, 2026 08:17 AM (3uBP9)
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Here is a tinyurl link for the one given

https://tinyurl.com/3caa98ds

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:23 AM (Ast+i)

121 If the Mullahs aren't completely driven out of power, what was even the point?
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:07 AM (wa/yD)

That bloodthirsty Communist whore Delcy is in charge of VZ, but not giving us any trouble.

A compliant set of mullahs would be fine. No nuking up, no sponsoring terror, and China gets their oil at market rates once they demonstrate compliance and we lift the sanctions. No more bargains for them.

It's not the optimal answer, and it would blow for the Iranians - but it would be an acceptable outcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (BI5O2)

122 Today is Alamo Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

123 I would watch a documentary about Otto Preminger, though.

Posted by: TJM, Notwithstanding at March 06, 2026 08:25 AM (oftw2)

124 The DOJ’s failure to act against Biden or his aides marks another setback for Bondi, who has already failed to act hold the likes of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James to account.

- Because no crimes were found to have been broken by Biden or his aides.
- Presumably because a DC grand jury, whose deliberations are secret, refused to indict.
- Ditto.

But, sure, if only the AG had a huge swinging cock and was gunning down Democrats in the street... then everything would be better.

If only Bondi flouted the law like Garland - who had the bureaucracy and judiciary in his corner... then everything would be better.

Blah, blah, blah. The shit that's happening has been pointed out. The hurdles she's trying to overcome have been pointed out. Maybe if she had bigger tits she'd get more support.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

125 Turning back to the USA, the big story is the departure of Kristi Noem from the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Optics. She did well. You had your chance to leave the country when the lovely ICE Barbie asked you to. The MMA guy might not be as accomodating. (Of course, with us pounding the cartels, they may have a real country to go home to.)

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (zHdFR)

126 Been speculating on who might next step into leading Iran's mullocracy. I'm thinking they need someone experienced in spinning a humiliating defeat into a moral victory. Therefore, I'm proposing that Jon Cooper, Canada's Olympic hockey coach, is the right man for the gig. He can regale the world with cutting analysis such as:

"The buildings destroyed so far make up an infinitesimal percentage of all the buildings in Iran. We've protected so many more buildings than they've managed to destroy - we really won!"

Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (nbLIj)

127 ASS, they are masked because of lunatics on the left threatening their lives. If you haven't been keeping up, an overwhelming majority of all Americans was all illegal aliens sent back to where they came from.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

128 Aliassmithsmith is unintentionally hilarious they're so clueless.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (xY6Tn)

129 "Today is Alamo Day.
Posted by: redridinghood "

Dang. Forgot all about it.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

130 YD, the people of Iran don't want the mullahs or any part of islam.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (+nEug)

131 Fen, Zoolander is basically the kind of comedy where you just turn off the brain and enjoy.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (+4yJ5)

132 True story - part of a corporate thingy that had a bunch of car sales types attending. 1st break, they hit the donuts like, well... vikings at Lindisfarne. A few minutes later we walked in and two of them, no lie, were licking the boxes...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

133 You can't step on Trump's toes and think there will be no repercussions. Maybe Noem's cowgirl hat cut off some O2 circulation from her brain to her mouth. I love that she shut down the border.

Posted by: Joe at March 06, 2026 08:27 AM (Uy/WF)

134 >>Today is Alamo Day.

Thanks, I had totally forgot about the Alamo.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Y1sOo)

135 this was breaking yesterday, but now it's all over:

"... the claim that pro-Israel and anti-Hamas accounts were being paid $7,000 was just projection and made up lies by people who actually have been given $7,000 by bad actors.

FEC records reveal that @RepThomasMassie, who has been spreading the lie that pro- Israel accounts are paid $7,000 per post, has actually been receiving donations of $7,000 from Muslim donors.

This explains why Massie appears to be pro-Iran and why he wants to limit President Trump’s ability to carry out strikes in Iran.

Another purveyor of the $7,000 lie used to attack Jews is @tparsi Trita Parsi, the founder of NIAC, and the founder of the Quincy Institute, who keeps appearing on @Bannons_WarRoom."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

136 I thought today was Middle Name Day.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (DgMqy)

137 Newsome has no self-awareness. That was a perfect opportunity to say "hahaha, maybe once upon a time, but even then I think it's an overstatement - and of course, leadership isn't about looks. I'm running for President, not trying to lock in a GQ photoshoot."

But instead he just gave her the answer Zoolander would have given.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

138 Dammit!

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Y1sOo)

139 Are we supposed to rent a car on Alamo Day?

Posted by: Dick Hertz at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (oftw2)

140 Alias, I don't who they are. If they are illegal, THEY DON'T BELONG HERE. No other country on Earth welcomes illegals with open arms.

We are going to have our civilization back one way or the other. Your feelings mean nothing.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 08:29 AM (+4yJ5)

141 "Thanks, I had totally forgot about the Alamo.
Posted by: one hour sober"

How come I never got a day?

Posted by: The Maine at March 06, 2026 08:29 AM (vFG9F)

142 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:18 AM (NpAcC)

We do the same for Ukraine. Can't complain when the shoe is on the other foot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

143 I would watch a documentary about Otto Preminger, though."

I'd rather watch Paula Prentiss as directed by Otto. Thnx.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

144 >>>People that eat half donuts and leave half in the box at work are all serial killers. true fact"

People "who"...

>Or rookie cops who will never make it in law enforcement.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (M9gjJ)

145 >>> >>Today is Alamo Day.
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Thanks, I had totally forgot about the Alamo.
Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (Y1sOo)
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I never remember.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:30 AM (3uBP9)

146 Typical typical typical mainstream liberal coverage of Israel at war. JJ and his linked Legal Insurrection story both emphasize that "IDF Orders Mass Evacuation of Hezbollah Stronghold in Beirut Ahead of Strike".

Yet a big CNN spread on the strikes take this attitude:
"scenes of chaos and panic as residents jammed roads trying to flee the area".

Posted by: Rip N Read at March 06, 2026 08:31 AM (fr4zq)

147 t's being reported"

So this is what, fourth hand "information"?

/heh

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:31 AM (XuXeR)

148 FEC records reveal that @RepThomasMassie, who has been spreading the lie that pro- Israel accounts are paid $7,000 per post, has actually been receiving donations of $7,000 from Muslim donors.

This explains why Massie appears to be pro-Iran and why he wants to limit President Trump’s ability to carry out strikes in Iran.

Another purveyor of the $7,000 lie used to attack Jews is @tparsi Trita Parsi, the founder of NIAC, and the founder of the Quincy Institute, who keeps appearing on @Bannons_WarRoom."
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

Now we know why he randomly picked the $7K number...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (tOcjL)

149 How come I never got a day?
Posted by: The Maine

Pfft. I never got a dinner!

Posted by: Zombie Aaron Chwatt at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

150 Today is also, National Dentist Day.
Shoutout to Mossad.
When high-ranking Iranian officials close to the supreme leader went to the dentist or doctor, they ended up with a Mossad agent; if they got their molars fixed or had an endoscopy done, they’d insert nano-trackers into them.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

151 149,
Obscure reference FTW!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

152 Thanks. And how does it relate to Katie Couric's girl fan question and Newsom's self aggrandizing stupid response? There is an equally clueless news person and politician in the movie?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:19 AM (uA11f)

No, it's about male models and a plot to kill a foreign leader by the fashion industry. The 'joke' is that the models are "ridiculously good looking" and so overwhelmingly stupid that you're surprised they can breath unassisted.

It's a fundamentally stupid movie but I enjoyed it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

153 IT IS ALWAYS PROJECTION WITH ANTISEMITES! They say someone is paid 7K to spread "pro_Isharaelll, propaganda" , rest assured, they are the ones are paid by jihadists, and muslem brotherhood to spread antisemitism, to support their jihadi paymasters. We now have receipts. Lots of them. Massie has some 'splaining to do. Then go away in disgrace. Someone should dig into his wife's death. See if he paid some jihadi for the hit on her.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (GD0B3)

154 Good morning! Thank you J.J. 1 class down, 1 to go. The world doesn’t appear to be taking Friday off. 😄

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:34 AM (Wmg4n)

155 >>Optics. She did well. You had your chance to leave the country when the lovely ICE Barbie asked you to. The MMA guy might not be as accomodating. (Of course, with us pounding the cartels, they may have a real country to go home to.)

I think Noem was fired in much the same way Bovino was fired. After the shootings in MN, it was reported Trump was firing Bovino. In reality he moved back to his previous role in California but that didn't get many headlines.

Tomorrow, the first meeting of Shield is being held in Miami. Attending will be Latin American leaders like Bukele and Miele, Marco, Hegseth, Trump and Noem. In my experience fired people don't get a big new job and a high profile meeting with the boss.

I think Noem was becoming too much of the story in her current role, some her fault some not, and Trump thought it was time for a new leader with less baggage but he still wanted Noem on his team in a different role where the scrutiny would be different.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

156 121 A compliant set of mullahs would be fine. No nuking up, no sponsoring terror, and China gets their oil at market rates once they demonstrate compliance and we lift the sanctions. No more bargains for them.

It's not the optimal answer, and it would blow for the Iranians - but it would be an acceptable outcome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (BI5O2)

The Twelver brand of Shi'ism can't be compliant, as their very religion demands they bring about the eschaton so that the 12th Imam can return.

Nor am I sure that allowing them to continue selling to China does enough to stop them from conquering Taiwan.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:34 AM (wa/yD)

157 It's being reported that Russia is providing Iran with targeting information on U.S. forces in the region.

==

ugh, are they stupid enough to get this involved ?

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)

158 I always thought that Donuts 101 was a curriculum requirement at the police academy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (M9gjJ)

159 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e

Thanks. I'll have to look for that movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (xY6Tn)

160 76 I don't think the Iranian people will let any muslim anywhere NEAR a transitional government in Iran

but such a transition will likely be a huge and complicated undertaking

they could take cues from pre-1979 Iran
they might want a new constitution
I would suggest legalizing private ownership of firearms as one of a set of bullet points

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ZxPkt)

One of the critical jobs, maybe the most critical job, of a truly new, non-secular Iranian government is preventing sizable counter-revolution forces from surviving.

I'll bet everything I have the IRGC is already implementing counter-revolution plans. IRGC must have a number of hideouts for after a regime catastrophe of some sort, prepared and stocked in remote corners of the country. Mossad and the CIA likely know the locations. Or will find out. But it seems to me some sort of Tora Bora infantry forces search and destroy effort will be needed. To minimize if not quickly stop counter-revolution forces forming and recruiting in the boonies, a lot of executions may be necessary. Messy business ahead. Necessary business in my opinion.

Posted by: Gref at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (5rh/l)

161 The ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee for internment for the duration of hostilities.

I didn't even know you could do that. Nice job by the captain.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 08:36 AM (zHdFR)

162 I'd rather watch Paula Prentiss as directed by Otto. Thnx.
Posted by: man

Her sister Ann spent the last 13 years of her life in California State Prison.

Posted by: Richard Benjamin at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (oftw2)

163 Now we know why he randomly picked the $7K number...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 06, 2026 08:32 AM (tOcjL)

all of them were harping the 7k nonsense, a few cretinous drive-bys here repeated this canard; so stupid

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (GD0B3)

164 But instead he just gave her the answer Zoolander would have given.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)

Which is funny because Zoolander was borderline retarded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

165 117 Albino Ratface Spanberger continues to turn VA into a failed state like NJ. Is there anything Commie women can't or won't do to undermine the nation?
Posted by: He-Man Woman Hater's Club #23 at March 06, 2026 08:22 AM (oftw2)

Two names for you- Don Scott and Louise Lucas. One is a convicted drug dealer and the other is the East Coast Maxine Waters. Oh, and they are also the leaders of the Virginia General Assembly. They tell the white bitch how things gonna go.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 06, 2026 08:37 AM (MZ+PY)

166 Jobs report is all over the place. 92k job loss , rate goes up to 4.5,%. However earnings are up.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (/C62k)

167 How many US Senate races have we lost over the years due to Liberterians like Massie? No matter what happens in the Midterms, GOP Should kick him out of the Caucus if he wins again.

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (YCxFk)

168 XTC

China has about a 40 day reserve on oil. They are saving (conserving by not manufacturing) as much as they can now to keep it that long. So the Chinese economy has already been hurt. Paying market price for oil will hurt China even more.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

169 100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

170 "is she being blamed for the multi-billion dollar Somali/Democrat grifting"

How does Noem get blamed for that?

Gotta take that up with HHS and DOJ.

Posted by: AB at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (ArLSQ)

171 But instead he just gave her the answer Zoolander would have given.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 08:28 AM (BI5O2)
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To give a Zoolander-level answer is the best criticism of the day!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (2X9hl)

172 Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
Virginia Democrats have not wasted time in moving the state to the far left after taking control with Gov. Spanberger. A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

173 IT IS ALWAYS PROJECTION WITH ANTISEMITES! They say someone is paid 7K to spread "pro_Isharaelll, propaganda"

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:33 AM (GD0B3)
-

So I called the 1-800 number and some guy tried to sell me aluminum siding.

Maybe I misdialed.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 08:40 AM (NGAfI)

174 Virgina is the same thing that happened in Illinois. Chicago and NoVa got to the point where the rest of the state has no power.

30 miles outside of Chicago in either direction, is just as conservative as Wyoming. Great farm land and people

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

175 Gref

Good morning. This is a known problem called rolling up the stay-behind network.

It will not work with allied air superiority, a hostile population, and working cell phones.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

176 Jack Schlossberg, the only grandson of former president John F. Kennedy who is running in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District, received no "earned income" in 2025 but holds millions of dollars worth of assets in four trust funds, a Washington Free Beacon review of his financial disclosures found.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

177 only silver lining, is that Va Governor can only serve one term

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (YCxFk)

178 100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report
****

How many claims were there, in total?

Posted by: clarence at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (lBwkW)

179 the ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee"

Famous port where the Pan Am Clipper stopped on it's way 'round the world...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

180 ugh, are they stupid enough to get this involved ?
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)
*****
They have and they are.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

181 This is interesting ...

"Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister:

Trump is asking for change in the leadership of Iran… he cannot even appoint the Mayor of New York..."

Is he saying the Iranian mullahs appointed Mumdani, the current aytaollah "mayor" of NY? Is that why he keeps appearing with assorted jihadis, and going to their mosques .. hmmm.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)

182 They have and they are.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

can you post the source this info came from ?

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)

183 I’m sure the Iranians would have been more open to peaceful relations had they had proper DEI training, maybe a Ayatollah of color.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:43 AM (RHGPo)

184 One of the critical jobs, maybe the most critical job, of a truly new, non-secular Iranian government is preventing sizable counter-revolution forces from surviving.

It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms. Immunity. Are WE the interim government? (cue Marco Rubio in a Shah uniform)

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 08:44 AM (zHdFR)

185 ugh, are they stupid enough to get this involved ?
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:35 AM (GD0B3)
*****
They have and they are.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

And we can't say boo about it. If we say that this is tantamount to an act of war by Russia then they can say, truthfully, that we've been at war since we did the exact same thing for Ukraine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

186 Cuba would be a nice target for Trump, it seems so, him. I wouldn't mind living in a Trump designed Cuba, perhaps working as a vacuum cleaner salesman, picking up some extra dough selling bogus intelligence info to the Brits.

Posted by: Oglebay at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (GPa4z)

187 172 Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
Virginia Democrats have not wasted time in moving the state to the far left after taking control with Gov. Spanberger. A new bill requires teachers to describe Jan. 6th as "an insurrection" and bar descriptions of peaceful protests or election fraud.
Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

And they know their redistricting is being looked at negatively, so there is a whole campaign going on out there where the word bipartisan is said a lot, but nothing about it being ostensibly ignored. It’s awful what is happening to that state - I wish they could send NoVa to MD or DC.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (Wmg4n)

188 Jobs report is all over the place. 92k job loss , rate goes up to 4.5,%. However earnings are up."

Oh noes... all numbers must always go up. UP, I tell you! Goose the numbers, your purchasing power be damned!!!
UP UP UP!

/your betters

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

189 Otto man?

Posted by: Naked Brian Stelter at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (iNlZ7)

190 Iran will end up being a westernized country. The IRGC will leave, assimilate or be eliminated.

Posted by: MJ at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (XOmY9)

191 In case there is doubt that Mamdami enterprise is a Muslim Brotherhood stooge financed by Iran.."Zohran Mamdani’s wife liked social media posts celebrating Oct. 7 attacks
NYC First Lady Rama Duwaji showed support for far-left orgs applauding Hamas rampage.."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (GD0B3)

192 There is an outfit here that anthropomorphizes their donuts. They give it a pair of candy eyes and the hole is the mouth. Sure, ok. And people bring them in. Same company also makes donut holes. So what did they decide to do? A couple of the donuts in a dozen will have the donut and the donut hole combined to make a fancy pastry thing.

But they still put the candy eyes on first. And it looks like a donut with a ball gag and I can't unsee it. I sometimes get the ball gag donut first just to put it out of its misery. But then I thought, what if it's an S&M donut and I'm just feeding in to its whole fetish? What does that make me?

Way too much to think about in the AM.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:45 AM (3uBP9)

193 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (77rzZ)

194 Ferree is only marginally better than a horse whisperer as a source of Lieu. Ferree told the FBI that he met a young girl who told him she had been raped by Trump and Epstein at a “fancy hotel.” He claimed that the young girl was later found with her head “blown off.” He said that, while the officers at the scene thought it was murder, the coroner later ruled it a suicide. There was no proof of such a case.

It appears that Lieu knew or suspected that the source of the allegation was unhinged or unreliable because he later re-posted only two of the three pages of the statement to the FBI. The third page included other bizarre claims about the Oklahoma City Bombing and a drunk Hillary Clinton.

.. Rep Lieu seems hell bent to be the replacement for Schiff in the House

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

195 And we can't say boo about it. If we say that this is tantamount to an act of war by Russia then they can say, truthfully, that we've been at war since we did the exact same thing for Ukraine.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

Let's see if it is true first. Before debating it.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

196 The Russian providing the Iranians with info is their way of getting back at us for providing the Ukes with arms, and info. No surprise . Probably costs them a lot less than us helping the Ukes does

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (/C62k)

197 Nonfarm payrolls fell by 92,000 for the month, compared to the estimate for 50,000 and below the downwardly revised January total of 126,000. February marked the third time in the past five months that payrolls declined, following a sharp revision showing a drop of 17,000 in December.

At the same time, the unemployment rate edged higher to 4.4% as jobs declined across key areas.
======================
28,000 of that number was due to a strike at Kaiser Permanente that is now resolved, so that will flip in the next report.

Another large decline came at the federal government

In February, federal government employment continued to decline (-10,000). Since reaching a
peak in October 2024, federal government employment is down by 330,000, or 11.0 percent.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:46 AM (6NeQ2)

198 181 Is he saying the Iranian mullahs appointed Mumdani, the current aytaollah "mayor" of NY? Is that why he keeps appearing with assorted jihadis, and going to their mosques .. hmmm.
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (GD0B3)

I'd say "Probably not", but he is a Twelver, which is the Iranian brand of Shi'a...

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (wa/yD)

199 can you post the source this info came from ?"

Well, you see, it's a news story. About a "report". That may have come from a source about the "report". The report, BTW, is absolutely certain that there is a "report".

So there. Happy?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

200 In case you did not notice, Iran is trying to get every country in the region involved to slow down USA. Disinformation is one of the tools.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

201 We do have domestic enemies in charge of a number of states. MI, MN, IL, CO, VA, XA, OR, WA to name names. Their ideology has failed for 155 years, since the Paris Commune. But the inner party has what they want -- power over others.

All attempts at reconciliation have failed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

202 If that piece of news came from Al Jazeera, I would take it with a grain of salt.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (GD0B3)

203 Lewandoski was tapping Hope Hicks and now Kristi Noem.

Dude gets some hot tail.

Posted by: Delurker at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (gtcuf)

204 169 100% Of Audited Medicaid Claims For Autism Care In Colorado Were Improper Or Flawed: Report
Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026

I would love to read this and find out why or how. My concern is people are going to start thinking everyone with autism is faking it, and necessary resources will be eliminated for those who really do need it. My daughter is autistic. She is not faking it.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (Wmg4n)

205 >>>It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms. Immunity. Are WE the interim government? (cue Marco Rubio in a Shah uniform)

Posted by: t-bird

>This is just Trump, the Jew puppet, warning the crazy muslims that they will be spared from assassination by the IDF.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (M9gjJ)

206 Trump's statement about being part of the choice for leadership in Iran was to tell the Euroweenies and especially Macron that they have no role in Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (+nEug)

207 “In This House We Believe….”

It is spelled Aluminium

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (XuiFR)

208 Louise Lucas should have gone to jail for her part in fomenting the mayhem when toppling the Confederate Memorial in Portsmouth. She was actively egging on the criminals tearing down the statue. One of the criminals was permanently disabled when the statue toppled on him.

Posted by: Gravity Is A Bitch at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)

209 There is an outfit here that anthropomorphizes their donuts."

Austin TX? Some ... unusual donut shops there...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

210 I'd say "Probably not", but he is a Twelver, which is the Iranian brand of Shi'a...
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 08:47 AM (wa/yD)

I am going to say yes, indirectly thought their various Muslim Brotherhood tentacle 503c organizations. Dig, DHS dig!!

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)

211 205 Lewandoski was tapping Hope Hicks and now Kristi Noem.

Dude gets some hot tail.
Posted by: Delurker at March 06, 2026

His poor wife.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (Wmg4n)

212 >>> Austin TX? Some ... unusual donut shops there...
Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

GA, ATL region.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (3uBP9)

213 >>30 miles outside of Chicago in either direction, is just as conservative as Wyoming. Great farm land and people
Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

Need to get a little further out. Jan Schakowsky's district goes at least that far. There is still a plethora of AWFLs and idiots within the 30 mi donut. Start at 50.

Posted by: Roy at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (qwype)

214 *501C3 that is

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (GD0B3)

215 can you post the source this info came from ?
Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:43 AM (GD0B3)
*****
Reported on Fox this morning and this-

https://tinyurl.com/4hn6e7zs

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

216 His poor wife."

She's poor? The Paolo, he is disinterested...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)

217 You will know the end is near when the IRGC show up “clean shaven”

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

218 Posted by: person at March 06, 2026 08:48 AM (8CH0C)

Thanks for sharing. Go have yourself a ball gag donut.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

219 only silver lining, is that Va Governor can only serve one term

Posted by: Jonah at March 06, 2026 08:42 AM (YCxFk)

Another silver lining: The legislature is time-limited to 60 days in even-numbered years and 30 days in odd-numbered years (they can extend up to 30 days with 2/3 concurrence of the House and Senate).

VA Dems know that in November 2027 they could very well lose one or both of the House and Senate, which will hamper Spanberger's final two years, so they have to do all they can now and any leftovers next year. Although she can do plenty of damage with executive power.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 08:52 AM (1ieqq)

220 Reported on Fox this morning"

Let me guess: "unnamed officials familiar with the matter"

Close?

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

221 Way too much to think about in the AM.
Posted by: banana Dream at March

Then you sent that donut to its happy end. In the alternative, you can pop the hole out and put it to the side. 😄

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (Wmg4n)

222 Al Jazeera: Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?

US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.

... proof please

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

223 "British counter‑terrorism police arrested 10 men, including an Iranian national and three dual British‑Iranian citizens, in London on suspicion of conducting surveillance linked to Jewish community targets on behalf of Iran, the Metropolitan Police said."

any attack on Jewish targets in the US is on Cucker Tarlson's head

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

224 ... proof please"

No proofs, please. We're journalists!

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

225 His poor wife.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (Wmg4n)
=======================
I did not know he was married, but Piper is absolutely on target: he and his wife have four kids together.

Mostly I remember him for pulling Michelle Fields arm off ten years ago.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:54 AM (mgg5j)

226 MIRABELLI, ET AL. v. BONTA

The dispute dates back to 2023, when two teachers sued the school district, seeking an exemption from the district’s policies regarding gender and pronouns. They were later joined as plaintiffs by parents whose children socially transitioned at school (or who believed that their children socially transitioned at school).

The district court ruled for the challengers, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit put that order on hold while the state appealed. The challengers then came to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to intervene. In a mixed ruling on Monday night, the majority handed a victory to the parents but turned down the request from the teachers.

... seems there is a century or more of caselaw involving parental rights

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (RHGPo)

227 Al Jazeera: Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?

US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.

===

this is exactly , word for word , what Cucker was spewing the day before; he is an agent

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (GD0B3)

228 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (oKJ0C)

229 I have no idea what kind of job Noem was doing ... Coulter never liked her for the job. And Ann says there were 47 better picks than Mullins for the job. Apparently Mullins has spoken (tweeted?) favorably about some sort of amnesty for illegals before.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (vbXSk)

230 Major Announcement

I went to the ER January 16th for a kidney stone. When they did a CT scan to check the stone, they found a 50mm by 60mm mass just off of my pancreas. They couldn't tell what it was because the CT scan was done without contrast.

I went in last Thursday for an Upper GI Endoscopy and biopsy. The doctor that did it still wasn't sure what it was. He said it looked like a sack of marbles with fluid. They biopsied a round thing and aspirated some of the fluid. I had a doctor's appointment this afternoon and got the results.

It is NOT cancer.

They still aren't sure where it came from, what caused it, or if any organ is feeding it. I have a follow-up scan next month and they'll see if it's growing or not.

God is Good.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (oKJ0C)

231 British counter‑terrorism police arrested 10 men, including an Iranian national and three dual British‑Iranian citizens, in London on suspicion of conducting surveillance linked to Jewish community targets on behalf of Iran, the Metropolitan Police said.

Hmmmm... I question the veracity of this report. That doesn't seem like something you'd get arrested for the UK. Supposedly, Starmer said that the IRGC has a safe haven in the UK.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

232 Lewandoski was tapping Hope Hicks and now Kristi Noem.

Dude gets some hot tail.
Posted by: Delurker at March 06, 2026

His poor wife.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 08:49 AM (Wmg4n)
*******
Yeah, what a creep.
And he's not even hot.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

233 They still aren't sure where it came from, what caused it, or if any organ is feeding it. I have a follow-up scan next month and they'll see if it's growing or not.

God is Good.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (oKJ0C)
----
Alien embryo? Had any close encounters with a face-hugger recently?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (ESVrU)

234 Oversight Committee
@GOPoversight

You can't make this up. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Democrat: "Mr. Chairman, it's outrageous that this is what we're choosing to spend our time on in the Oversight Committee."

@RepJamesComer: "Fraud?"

Democrat: " ... Yes, fraud."

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (RHGPo)

235 Nota bene: Vauban Books has reprinted Camp of the Saints, I highly recommend it now that it is readily available.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (0U5gm)

236 It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms.

--

Always give your enemy the option of surrender

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (znREB)

237 Reported on Fox this morning and this-

https://tinyurl.com/4hn6e7zs
Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

Fox was reporting a day ago that Iraqi Kurds were crossing the border to fight! then everyone from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to Iranian opposition denied it. Fox has some bad apples with Iranian ties feeding them bad and destructive info.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (GD0B3)

238 rickb223, thank you for the update.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (+nEug)

239 I thought the whole idea behind ejecting the mullahs was so the Iranian people could pick who would be "their new leader."

Why is there speculation on who the US would choose?

I presume we'd have veto power over some radical cleric or whatever. But isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (jtM2q)

240 "Going to war without Canada is like going hunting without an hockey stick."

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (RHGPo)

241 Fox needs to clean stables.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (GD0B3)

242 They still aren't sure where it came from, what caused it, or if any organ is feeding it.

I haven't combed my hair yet this morning so I can pull this off...

I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (ExV1e)

243 Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM

Thanks for letting us know. May God continue to bless you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (uPdai)

244 >It's odd that Trump is offering the IRGC total immunity if they lay down their arms. Immunity.
-----

'surrendering troops will be given quarter'

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)

245 Vauban Books has reprinted Camp of the Saints, I highly recommend it now that it is readily available."

Get it while you can. It will (likely) be unavailable again soonest...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

246 rickb223, thank you for the update.
Posted by: Ben Had

I was going to post it last night, but I kept flip flopping on whether or not to post it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (oKJ0C)

247 Rashida Tlaib
@RashidaTlaib
You cannot ‘free’ people by killing them and destroying their country.

... so, you're saying we should get rid of all illegals?

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (RHGPo)

248 234
rickb that's wonderful!!!
Praise God.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (znREB)

249 Why is there speculation on who the US would choose?

"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set."

/some guy

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

250 >>> I did not know he was married, but Piper is absolutely on target: he and his wife have four kids together.

Mostly I remember him for pulling Michelle Fields arm off ten years ago.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 06, 2026 08:54 AM (mgg5j)

I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time. Worse than anything people thought about Hollywood. I don't know how you go there and keep the slime off you. Like a paladin of old, cross and shield I think.

And some thrive, it's their perfect environ. That's the scary part.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (3uBP9)

251 I presume we'd have veto power over some radical cleric or whatever. But isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"

The Europeans are sitting on the side-lines waiting for others to stop bleeding before they go in and assume to know better how nations should be governed.... for a price.

"Humanitarian Aid" is Globalist Speak for Endless Grift.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (a4flb)

252 243 I thought the whole idea behind ejecting the mullahs was so the Iranian people could pick who would be "their new leader."

Why is there speculation on who the US would choose?

I presume we'd have veto power over some radical cleric or whatever. But isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (jtM2q)

=====

The only point of this is to get a regime that will not monetarily support interntaional terrorism and nuclear ambitions.

Islamic cleric, secular monarch, democratically elected president, it doesn't matter their background.

We're not bombing missile sites deep in the mountains to secure democracy. We're bombing missile sites deep in the mountains to kill military capabilities. Israel is targeting political leadership who would use it.

Regime change will probably be necessary, but that doesn't mean that Trump has to portray himself as bloodthirsty and obsessed with making Iran America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (GBKbO)

253 ‘ struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation’

What is this obsession with schools? Schools are everywhere in a country. It would be hard to land a bomb that wasnt ‘near’ a school. It’s like saying a bomb landed ‘near a fast food joint.’

Enough already,

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Sa7s)

254 I was going to post it last night, but I kept flip flopping on whether or not to post it."

Glad you did. We (ok, I) can use some good news for a change...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

255 Congrats, rickb.
________

Was that a needle biopsy to aspirate it? Ouch.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (XvL8K)

256 Posted by: person at March 06, 2026 08:59 AM (8CH0C)

Ace rarely reports. He opines. He comments. But it's all based on other people's reporting. Sometimes, regrettably, it's GIGO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

257 Al Arabia (Saudi channel) trashes Cucker for spreading lies. Called the claims about MOssad agents being arrested in Saudi "baseless and untrue."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (GD0B3)

258 God is Good.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 08:56 AM (oKJ0C)
******
Yes. That is wonderful news!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

259 241 Fox was reporting a day ago that Iraqi Kurds were crossing the border to fight! then everyone from Iraqi Kurdish leaders to Iranian opposition denied it.

... it's called a "faint"

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

260 I read one of Michael Medved's books where he relates that coming up through the Democrat Party, lots of people having sex with each other was a thing they did.

I haven't read any books that describe Republicans, but I assume it's the same way.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 06, 2026 09:01 AM (DgMqy)

261 I have no idea what kind of job Noem was doing ... Coulter never liked her for the job. And Ann says there were 47 better picks than Mullins for the job. Apparently Mullins has spoken (tweeted?) favorably about some sort of amnesty for illegals before.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 08:55 AM (vbXSk)

While I am sure there will be a D or two trying to slow things down, being a senator, Mullin *should* get through confirmation by the end of the month, given senatorial courtesy and all that. If it was someone coming from elsewhere, the Ds could have played the "We need to know more about this person" and attempted to drag it out for weeks, forcing the GOP to use procedural tactics in committee and on the floor to speed things up.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (1ieqq)

262 ugh...troll touched my post, go back to your comfy chair, grandpa

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

263 The New York Post reports that many bettors on Kalshi assumed they had won big on wagers that Ayatollah Khamenei would be out as Supreme Leader of Iran by Saturday after he was killed in joint US-Israeli air strikes over the weekend. However, Kalshi, an American prediction market that allows users to bet on politics, sports, foreign affairs and pop culture, announced it would not be paying out any winnings on those wagers, since its guidelines prohibit markets directly tied to death.

... how convenient

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

264 Was that a needle biopsy to aspirate it? Ouch."

Yeah, ouch. Mrs had a needle bone biopsy last week. Quadruple ouch.
Still ouchy.

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

265 I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time.

If you're ever trying to lose weight, at meal times picture the makeup of Congress... leave out Anna Paulina Luna... and then think of the preceding two sentences.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

266 That's terrific, rickb223!

Posted by: Gref at March 06, 2026 09:03 AM (5rh/l)

267 "Strong nations do what they will, and the weak suffer what they must."

Melian Dialogue. From 2,442 years ago. Some things have not changed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:03 AM (u82oZ)

268 A northern Virginia Democratic nominee is facing growing bipartisan calls to withdraw from an upcoming special election after resurfaced tweets containing racist and antisemitic language.

... this is Virginia. They have been doing that since Reconstruction.

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

269 Law.com: Nearly 200 Ex-Judges Tell Supreme Court: Your Unreasoned Emergency Orders Are Not Binding. More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.

Doubt that will change anything. The key to winning at SCOTUS is bribing Thomas. We all know how bitchy he gets when he doesn't get any money. Last time he stopped speaking during work for 10 years.

As an attorney, the McConnell rigged Supreme Courts opinions are all non-binding. It's political theatre. There is no such thing as law at this point. It's whichever political party is in power and can enforce said rulings or non rulings through State violence.

This is the issue. If they can arbitrarily ignore legal precedent and language, what makes their opinions have staying power? They’re reasoned against the prevailing way law has been interpreted for a very long time. There’s no foundation under the house.

One of the first things dems should do once we take back the congress and the White House is overturn every emergency decision this court made

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (JCZqz)

270 The Europeans are sitting on the side-lines waiting for others to stop bleeding before they go in and assume to know better how nations should be governed.... for a price.

Import millions of muslims and sub-Saharan Africans. -- The Europeans

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

271 ‘ Noem blamed Trump for approving questionable contracts worth over $200 million for deportation ads’

Fake news. I watched the hearings. She did not blame Trump. She took responsibility, defended the ads, and only vaguely said that Trump knew she was making an ad.

The media is lying. As I suspected, this was a concerted effort to destroy her. She was apparently so good at her job that she had to be eliminated.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (2Sa7s)

272 I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time."

The worst part is that it's not filled with... er, the most... attractive (let's go with that) folks ever.
Unlike, say, L.A. land...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

273 Was that a needle biopsy to aspirate it? Ouch.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

22ga needle. Upper GI endoscopy. I was out. They went thru the mouth, down to just above the stomach. Never felt a thing.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (oKJ0C)

274 Fox also had a poll that showed a majority disapproved of Trump’s immigration enforcement.

I'm part of the Majority who disapprove of the execution of immigration enforcement

• Not aggressive enough.
• Use boxcars and container ships, not aircraft to yeet them out of the country
• seize and liquidate all assets confiscated from deported aliens.
• go after their employers
• and landlords
• and every single government employee that gave them aid in comfort in the form of welfare and documentation.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

275 274 274 Law.com: Nearly 200 Ex-Judges Tell Supreme Court: Your Unreasoned Emergency Orders Are Not Binding. More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.
As an attorney, the McConnell rigged Supreme Courts opinions are all non-binding. It's political theatre. There is no such thing as law at this point. It's whichever political party is in power and can enforce said rulings or non rulings through State violence.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit

=======

This is hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

276 Virginia Democrats have proven there’s no bottom in modern politics (except James Talarico)

Klansman outfit, okay
Wanting kill children, totally fine
Antisemitism, no problem
Racism, it happens

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

277 The media is lying."

The deuce you say! Well I never...

Posted by: man at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (XuXeR)

278 Alright, friends. Enjoy the rest of your morning! I am off to teach this last class and then run home so everything is ready for the house cleaners.

Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (OoFl2)

279 Couric is channeling Barbra Walter’s ‘What kind of tree would you be’ hard hitting interview question. Funny as I thought Marie jumped the shark lonnnng time ago. Surprised anyone listens to her.

Posted by: Paisley at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (EUqDx)

280 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Yay for a 2 hour catnap

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)

281 Tlaib "you can't liberate people by killing them"
Tell the Canadians. They free people from pain and disability by killing them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (/C62k)

282 279 • seize and liquidate all assets confiscated from deported aliens.
• go after their employers

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

======

Both of these things are happening.

You're just unhappy because the NYT isn't reporting on it, or that major corporations use either eVerify (which gives employers no enforcement powers, they have to accept obviously fraudulent information by statute) or subcontractors (who are getting sued).

When an illegal is picked up by ICE, they forfeit literally everything to the US government.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (GBKbO)

283 What we need in Iran is high heels on the ground.

Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

284 Law.com: Nearly 200 Ex-Judges Tell Supreme Court: Your Unreasoned Emergency Orders Are Not Binding. More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.

——

Only 200? That’s all the trash they could find among decades of dogshit federal and state judges? Weak.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2Sa7s)

285 >>> The media is lying. As I suspected, this was a concerted effort to destroy her. She was apparently so good at her job that she had to be eliminated.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 06, 2026 09:04 AM (2Sa7s)

I don't believe Trump, this time out, is making missteps in appointments. I think if she's getting moved, for whatever reason, he has someone even better on tap.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (3uBP9)

286 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Congressman Gill: “I would rather preserve the America that we know and love so that my daughter and my son can grow up in that country, as opposed to growing up in a world where they go to the mall in Dallas, Texas, and see 90% of the people wearing burkas and speaking foreign languages.”

https://tinyurl.com/4tbm53wb

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

287 Intrepid AoS Liason - wow, they really have zero ability to self-reflect! "Tell me you don't know what a Supreme Court is", indeed.

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (aJQbY)

288 One of the first things dems should do once we take back the congress and the White House is overturn every emergency decision this court made

Anarchy and Lawlessness is their answer?

Do these retards know that the law exists to protect them against me hunting them down for sport?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (a4flb)

289 There is no such thing as law at this point. It's whichever political party is in power and can enforce said rulings or non rulings through State violence.

So reddit leftists approve of summary execution for anyone in government who defies Trump? Good to know.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:08 AM (ExV1e)

290
What part of immigration enforcement headed by Noem didn’t aos readers not like?
Posted by: Opinion fact

Not enough hickory shampoo handed out to protesters.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (QVmho)

291 >>More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief responding to the Trump administration's argument that lower courts are "flouting" the Supreme Court's unexplained emergency orders.

You know who else signed the amicus brief? Norm Eisen, one of the leaders of lawfare against Trump and his team. He's been part of every lie since Russia collusion.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (viF8m)

292 22ga needle. Upper GI endoscopy. I was out. They went thru the mouth, down to just above the stomach. Never felt a thing.
Posted by: rickb223
__________

Good. If they're doing the needle biopsy alone, that's often done with just a local.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (XvL8K)

293 More than 175 former federal and state judges signed an amicus brief...

This sounds a lot like the "51 former intelligence officials" stunt.

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (zHdFR)

294 TGIF, all!

I think?
TBD

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (Suwql)

295 Popstonox is reporting that Hasan Piker is going to host Newsom in his stream.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (gKWVE)

296 Excellent news, Rick

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (0U5gm)

297 I'm part of the Majority who disapprove of the execution of immigration enforcement

• Not aggressive enough.
• Use boxcars and container ships, not aircraft to yeet them out of the country
• seize and liquidate all assets confiscated from deported aliens.
• go after their employers
• and landlords
• and every single government employee that gave them aid in comfort in the form of welfare and documentation.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

I'm part of those who disapprove of the lack of executions.

Criminal wetback who has killed someone?
Execute.
Criminal wetback who has killed someone and hidden here for ten years?
Execute them. Bury them. Dig them back up & execute them again.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (oKJ0C)

298 When an illegal is picked up by ICE, they forfeit literally everything to the US government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

You, sir, have brightened my day.

Looking forward to finding discount F-350 dualies on the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (a4flb)

299 290
What part of immigration enforcement headed by Noem didn’t aos readers not like?
Posted by: Opinion fact

Not enough hickory shampoo handed out to protesters.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 06, 2026 09:09 AM (QVmho)

======

Listen, 700,000 forcible inland deportations may be some kind of record, but the Democrats fought back.

Why couldn't she have done record deportations without the Democrats getting mad about it and making it an issue?

(Apparently, Noem's leadership did go off the deep end over the last few months, a not small part of it being spending $200 million to film and get onto the airwaves ads that featured her, as well as a bidding process for a large contract that she seems to have rigged.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (GBKbO)

300 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (vbXSk)

301 >>> Alright, friends. Enjoy the rest of your morning! I am off to teach this last class and then run home so everything is ready for the house cleaners.
Posted by: Piper at March 06, 2026 09:06 AM (OoFl2)

You ready your house for the cleaners the same way I ready my dishes for the dish washer. By cleaning them. I honestly try to just put a dirty messy dish in the dish washer, but my OCD seizes control and I prewash it. I'm helping!

Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (3uBP9)

302 298 When an illegal is picked up by ICE, they forfeit literally everything to the US government.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

You, sir, have brightened my day.

Looking forward to finding discount F-350 dualies on the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (a4flb)

======

You asserted that the government was not confiscating anything.

Why did you assert that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)

303 269 ugh...troll touched my post, go back to your comfy chair, grandpa
Posted by: runner

On the bright side, post on X claims and explains how Israeli hackers used the IRGC street and university surveillance system of street cameras including facial recognition to build a database of the entire IRGC and Basiji members. The surveillance system built by Chicoms was for creating an Iranian database for the regime to go after protesters and regime opponents.

The system also apparently caught much of the street violence where the Iranians killed innocent protesters (the drive by shootings) and these have been used to turn relatives of the dead into informants for Israeli intel.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (E4rtv)

304 Where are all the college campus protests against the war in Iran?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 06, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

305 What part of immigration enforcement headed by Noem didn’t aos readers not like?
Posted by: Opinion fact

Not enough hickory shampoo handed out to protesters.
Posted by: BifBewalski

+1000

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:12 AM (oKJ0C)

306 I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.
----------------------
Ancient Astronaut Theorists Say Yes.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (pZ64F)

307 300 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (vbXSk)

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We are bombing known missile caches under the mountains. We are bombing individual missile launchers.

The missile launch capabilities of Iran are massively reduced, evidenced by their massively reduced missile activity.

If the only acceptable target is 100% all missile and launchers destroyed, it's a target that will never be achieved, but Iran's missile program is...not very strong right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

308 Looking forward to finding discount F-350 dualies on the market.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Most of those were with borrowed money and thus go back to the banks/financing agencies that lent the money.

One such big car agency went under last year that toted the note and sold vehicles to illegals. Big impact in the SW US.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (E4rtv)

309 “I would rather preserve the America that we know and love”

Yeah, that’s rather the point, isn’t it. You don’t get to vote on that, oddly enough, and your betters decided decades ago to completely erase it.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 09:13 AM (XuiFR)

310 304 Where are all the college campus protests against the war in Iran?
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When they run out of money the protesters stay home. See Code Pink on how it works.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:14 AM (pZ64F)

311 >>A May 2025 clip of Carville telling Omar to leave the Democrat Party on his “Politics War Room” podcast resurfaced and went viral on Feb. 25.

IT'S FUNNY THAT CARVILLE NEVER NOTICED THAT SINCE 2018, AND ESPECIALLY AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, OMAR AND HE RILK ARE THE DEMOCRAT PARTY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at March 06, 2026 09:15 AM (Suwql)

312 But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.
Posted by: illiniwek

Bomb the entrance. Monitor remotely. If it looks like they are digging out, bomb it again. Eventually, they'll starve or get blown up.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:15 AM (oKJ0C)

313 OMG this is it. Send in the Tranny Brigade™!

Its their time!

Posted by: MJ at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (XOmY9)

314 >>I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.
----------------------

Ehhh, we have documentation. . .

Posted by: Aliens at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (Suwql)

315 I love the lefty lawyer on DU telling everyone that in his legal opinion, everything that the supreme court rules is not binding since they are illegitimate.

It goes hand in hand with their belief that a mob threatening a jury to come to the decision the mob wants is justice.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (0U5gm)

316 I have a couple of questions

So if Mullins gets the Homeland job, will the OK gov nominate someone until a special election?

How does Oklahoma fill the spot?

And was it a good idea to pull an R from the senate as close as that balance is?

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (sW/8y)

317 "...HE RILK..."

Help us out here, Big Ben.

Posted by: Confoozed at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)

318 rickb223

We are doing that. We basically have aircraft circling launch sites, looking for emerging launchers.

The missile storage is under so much rock we can't get a deep penetrator bomb to the store room.

So we plink launchers and exits.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)

319 300 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.

Posted by: illiniwek
======
And that is specifically what is being done. No openings, the big caves become tombs. If you look at bomb pictures, where you see smoke rising in a vertical pillar above the bomb explosion, that means it was a penetrator. Probably our 2000 lb cheap type which I forget the designation.

In a very permissive air environment where aircraft can loiter, we can be very precise even with relatively dumb bombs with a JDAM kit attached.

Remember, one of the problems of caves and explosions is that like the Hezbollah head, if the blast does not get you, then the poisonous vapors can and do kill people in unventilated bunkers. Most of those vapors are heavier than air.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)

320 312 But surely we track exactly where they fire from, so we could at least bomb the entrances to their deep caves ... then I guess we'd need some big robot dogs (or some such thang) to run down the tunnel and explode inside.
Posted by: illiniwek

Bomb the entrance. Monitor remotely. If it looks like they are digging out, bomb it again. Eventually, they'll starve or get blown up
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This is a job for Loitering Munitions.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (pZ64F)

321
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

IT'S OFFICIAL: Scott Presler is running for office in Pennsylvania

Scott is starting LOCAL, running for State Committee for the Republican Committee of Beaver County, Pennsylvania

This man NEVER slows down!

https://tinyurl.com/2cchmxm4

Posted by: redridinghood at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (NpAcC)

322 Some media are saying Iran can keep firing missiles that emerge from deep caves, fire, and retreat back before we can get them.

This is known. There was video yesterday of what appeared to be just undeveloped desert sand energetically exploding after we somehow got a bomb or drone up wherever the entrance is.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (QZThv)

323 Listen, 700,000 forcible inland deportations may be some kind of record, but the Democrats fought back.

Why couldn't she have done record deportations without the Democrats getting mad about it and making it an issue?

Because TDS. And only because of TDS.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (oKJ0C)

324 >>>"Going to war without Canada is like going hunting without an hockey stick."

>Going to war with Canada is like getting a cheap-shot high-stick that knocked a guy's tooth out, - him coming back and scoring the winning goal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (M9gjJ)

325 The IRGC lobbed a missile into a palestinian enclave last night.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (+nEug)

326 315 I love the lefty lawyer on DU telling everyone that in his legal opinion, everything that the supreme court rules is not binding since they are illegitimate.

It goes hand in hand with their belief that a mob threatening a jury to come to the decision the mob wants is justice.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 06, 2026 09:16 AM (0U5gm)

=======

That was hilarious.

Legitimacy comes from the office, not from whether people outside of it like it or not.

If it's the latter, then the office itself is meaningless, and his entire profession is pointless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)

327
Carville is a Gollum cartoon at this point, screaming absurdities.

Posted by: Auspex at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (Y8DZL)

328 Bomb the entrance. Monitor remotely. If it looks like they are digging out, bomb it again. Eventually, they'll starve or get blown up.
Posted by: rickb223
_____________

I would guess they had the foresight to do multiple entrances, like a dugout in WW1.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (XvL8K)

329 You know who else signed the amicus brief? Norm Eisen, one of the leaders of lawfare against Trump and his team. He's been part of every lie since Russia collusion.

Noted author, Norm Eisen...

Posted by: t-bird at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (zHdFR)

330 Blanco, this was being discussed yesterday - apparently Stitt would appoint a temp, then special election in November to make it official until the end of the term.

Confoozed - try "HER ILK".

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (aJQbY)

331 >>Virginia Democrats have proven there’s no bottom in modern politics (except James Talarico)

Klansman outfit, okay
Wanting kill children, totally fine
Antisemitism, no problem
Racism, it happens

"Macaca" is NOT

Posted by: Aliens at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (Suwql)

332 Blanco

OK has a Republican governor. Direct appoint as soon as the Senate seat is vacant. Otherwise, he still votes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

333 >>@DataRepublican

>>Had an amazing two days meeting with representatives from all over the world.

>>I discussed foreign NGO situations with representatives from:
🔹Estonia
🔹Romania
🔹France
🔹Germany
🔹Moldova
🔹Croatia
🔹Georgia
... and many more countries.

>>The takeaway: the NGO situation is identical all over the world. Everyone felt their people aren't truly in control of the country, and NGOs are imposing policies on them which nobody voted for.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m)

334 Hasan Piker is going to host Newsom in his stream.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 06, 2026 09:10 AM (gKWVE)

Hasan Piker ( which came up initially as "Hand puker" from autocorrect ) is a leftist, so it's a shame he can't hold Newsom down in an actual stream.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (lQ+/f)

335 isn't it up to the Iranians once the dust settles? Or do we not trust the people there to "choose wisely?"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 06, 2026 08:57 AM (jtM2q

I implicitly trust the bulk of Iranians to choose wisely. They're DONE with this bullshit.

But the choice isn't theirs.

The proportion of Shia fanatics outstrips the carrying capacity of any government that isn't fanatical Shia. They'll destroy any attempt at it. So the way I see it, it leaves us three options.

1.) Let them choose new leaders, and guarantee this new regime's defense from the Islamists in to the foreseeable future: unacceptable.

2.) Let them choose new leaders, and leave them to be destroyed by the Islamists until such time as they regain power and start terrorizing the world again, and then do this same thing again: shitty but acceptable.

3.) Choose an acceptable Muslim leader to dominate the country, someone not too insanely radical but strong enough to impose order... someone like Qaddafi: still shitty, but probably the least risk to us.

No good option is on the table. A free and prosperous Iran is not achievable without a permanent presence, and likely not even then. We need out of this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (BI5O2)

336 310 304 Where are all the college campus protests against the war in Iran?
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When they run out of money the protesters stay home. See Code Pink on how it works.
Posted by: pudinhead

You may see some on March 28th, the next scheduled No Kings Protest across the nation. I think the focus will be more on anti-ICE stuff, with a bit of Jew hate, because the Iran attacks are popular, successful, and will probably mostly be done by then.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

337 >>This man NEVER slows down!

https://tinyurl.com/2cchmxm4

He is amazing.
Hate to see him pinned down to a job though, as he's so effective traveling the country.

Posted by: Aliens at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (Suwql)

338 The missile storage is under so much rock we can't get a deep penetrator bomb to the store room.

So we plink launchers and exits.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Actually not seeing that from reports NaCly. Their nuke facilities were, the missile magazines were designed to defeat the more standard bunker busters, not the ones that B2s can launch. The missile magazines are reportedly not as deep as the nuke sites were as the Iranians thought they would be able to launch many more missiles in salvos by now much earlier.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (E4rtv)

339 feint

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

340 269 ugh...troll touched my post, go back to your comfy chair, grandpa
Posted by: runner

Ooh-wee, ride me high
Tomorrow's the day that my bride's a-gonna come
Ooh-wee, are we gonna fly
Down into the easy chair...

Posted by: Old Fart Boomer at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (D1j1g)

341 250 I get the feeling that DC is basically sodom and gomorrah. Raunchy bacchanalian romps all the time. Worse than anything people thought about Hollywood. I don't know how you go there and keep the slime off you. Like a paladin of old, cross and shield I think.

And some thrive, it's their perfect environ. That's the scary part.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 06, 2026 09:00 AM (3uBP9)

DC is the one place where you still get to be part of the debauchery even if you're ugly.

Anywhere else, you either have to be hot, or find people with a fetish for ugly people,

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:20 AM (3wOGw)

342 Is Hasan going to yell “Gavin, place!” and shock him?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 06, 2026 09:21 AM (QZThv)

343 Shampoo, Hickory or not, is dispensed, not “handed out”. Ladled would be acceptable as well, I think.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (XuiFR)

344 I have a couple of questions

So if Mullins gets the Homeland job, will the OK gov nominate someone until a special election?

How does Oklahoma fill the spot?

And was it a good idea to pull an R from the senate as close as that balance is?

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:17 AM (sW/8y)

Governor (who is a conservative R) appoints someone to serve until a special election is held on the next regularly-scheduled general election day to fill the remainder of the term. Mullin was elected in 2022.

Of note, the appointee cannot run in the election to fill the remainder of the term, and must be a member for at least the past 5 years of the same party as the departing senator.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)

345 Iran’s Strategy to Defeat America, Shatter the MAGA Movement, and End Trump’s Presidency
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The walls are closing in.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (Et1h0)

346 >> Noem blamed Trump for approving questionable contracts worth over $200 million for deportation ads’

Is it wrong that I've been enjoying the deportation ads? I mean, no idea if the cost has been reasonable, but D@MN, they are fabulous. And DHS has been recruiting new hires like gangbuster, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Suwql)

347 I barely make it in this morning to say thanks to JJ and morning all

I'm gonna kinda miss DHS barbie...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (xT8gx)

348 Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:18 AM (aJQbY)
and
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 06, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

Thank you both.. I only read the posts late last night and not the comments. my own damn fault

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (sW/8y)

349 There literally is no Ayatollah that is not an apocalyptic terrorist.

Twelvers believe it is their duty to bring about the end of the world so that the 12th Imam will return.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (3wOGw)

350 Before the art thread came in, I wanted to float something I am wondering if true:

So, in person, Newsom seems to be parsing and weaselly. He hedges his bets and wants to play both sides. In his social media, he is trying to swing his dick over his head and he does not care who gets smacked.

Is his campaign people forcing him into way harder positions than he himself would take? Is he really just an empty suit being driven by others? Ron Burgundy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (bss/y)

351 So if Mullins gets the Homeland job, will the OK gov nominate someone until a special election?

How does Oklahoma fill the spot?

And was it a good idea to pull an R from the senate as close as that balance is?

Posted by: Blanco

Immediate filling, resignation does not take place until end of March reportedly which allows confirmation vote before then. A new nominee is inserted immediately after the resignation takes effect from governor's appointment. It does, however, mean another special Senate election in November 2026 to fill the rest of Markwayne's term (to 202

but since Oklahoma, unlikely to be a Dem and the appointed senator can run as incumbent in that election.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (E4rtv)

352 Blanco, you've been here longer than me... and you _read the posts_? I'm shocked!

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (aJQbY)

353 349 There literally is no Ayatollah that is not an apocalyptic terrorist.

Twelvers believe it is their duty to bring about the end of the world so that the 12th Imam will return.
Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:23 AM (3wOGw)

Morn' all.... I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (VE6XX)

354 Of note, the appointee cannot run in the election to fill the remainder of the term, and must be a member for at least the past 5 years of the same party as the departing senator.
Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)

That seems silly. It would preclude appointing the best person as you'd hope that the best person would win the full term.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

355 Carville is a Gollum cartoon at this point, screaming absurdities.
Posted by: Auspex

Switching to clever puns may give his commentary more wight. Mee-heeee-heeee-heeeeee!!!

Posted by: The Crypkeeper at March 06, 2026 09:25 AM (JCZqz)

356 What does Berry Douchebag do these days? Haven't heard a squeak from that boy in quite a while.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (pZ64F)

357 Is it wrong that I've been enjoying the deportation ads? I mean, no idea if the cost has been reasonable, but D@MN, they are fabulous. And DHS has been recruiting new hires like gangbuster, right?
Posted by: Lizzy
=======
I think the problem was that Noem tried to claim Trump approved them and with the government cutting spending, $220 million may be a bit much.

Noem and Lewandowski's alleged affair came back up at the Senate hearing along and she has had internal fights with the head of Border Patrol, ICE, and Trump's immigration czar Homan.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)

358 I propose we have a Make Tucker Great Again movement before this gets all out of hand.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (M9gjJ)

359 349 There literally is no Ayatollah that is not an apocalyptic terrorist.

Twelvers believe it is their duty to bring about the end of the world so that the 12th Imam will return.
Posted by: XTC

You don't think some of them believe it's all bullshit, and just pretend for the power and perks of the position? Like the Pope?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

360 Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:22 AM (1ieqq)

And thank you also

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (sW/8y)

361 Tousi has a great teaser. 49 minutes.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (+nEug)

362 Carville is a Gollum cartoon at this point, screaming absurdities.
Posted by: Auspex

Switching to clever puns may give his commentary more wight. Mee-heeee-heeee-heeeeee!!!
Posted by: The Crypkeeper
____________

He predicted Trump would utterly collapse within what, 60 days? And that was a year ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K)

363 On the bright side, post on X claims and explains how Israeli hackers used the IRGC street and university surveillance system of street cameras including facial recognition to build a database of the entire IRGC and Basiji members. The surveillance system built by Chicoms was for creating an Iranian database for the regime to go after protesters and regime opponents.

The system also apparently caught much of the street violence where the Iranians killed innocent protesters (the drive by shootings) and these have been used to turn relatives of the dead into informants for Israeli intel.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:11 AM (E4rtv)

You really should watch the fantastic Israeli series "Tehran". 3 seasons so far. That type of surveillance is extensively portrayed in the show. As if Israelis were not hiding the fact. I suspect that it is more that just the cameras. that were used IRL....And I am concerned about the type of surveillance the Chicoms are doing on us!. Given that over the last 25 years, every PC and Mac was made in China.

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)

364 >>> Blanco, you've been here longer than me... and you _read the posts_? I'm shocked!

I try and fail to use my time wisely during the day.

Hence. I read the posts

Posted by: Blanco at March 06, 2026 09:28 AM (sW/8y)

365 He predicted Trump would utterly collapse within what, 60 days? And that was a year ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 06, 2026 09:27 AM (XvL8K)

He didn't say which 60 days!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)

366 That seems silly. It would preclude appointing the best person as you'd hope that the best person would win the full term.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Apparently to allow all candidates to run in the special on an equal basis. That clause is fairly rare and Vendette is correct in pointing out that provision.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)

367 That seems silly. It would preclude appointing the best person as you'd hope that the best person would win the full term.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

It was done that way to avoid incumbency advantage. Interestingly, the governor is term-limited so if he has designs on becoming a senator for longer than 7 months he can't appoint himself.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:29 AM (1ieqq)

368 Willie Nelson?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 06, 2026 09:29 AM (Kt19C)

369 He predicted Trump would utterly collapse within what, 60 days? And that was a year ago.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I once collapsed after 60 gays. That was a hell of a night, I tell you...and a sore ass for a week!

Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 06, 2026 09:30 AM (JCZqz)

370 Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 06, 2026 09:24 AM (bss/y)

Empty suit. Slithering snake. Wants it all ways.

Posted by: ... at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (Et1h0)

371 You're not gonna believe this but Willie Nelson Lives. 92 years old. Hell of an advertisement for weed.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (pZ64F)

372 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

373 359 You don't think some of them believe it's all bullshit, and just pretend for the power and perks of the position? Like the Pope?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 06, 2026 09:26 AM (JCZqz)

In a religion where shirk is punishable by death? You're not reaching the rank of Ayatollah, and certainly not Grand Ayatollah, by being actively subversive and cutting the religion's legs out from under it.

Posted by: XTC at March 06, 2026 09:31 AM (3wOGw)

374 Gavin Newsom will say or do whatever he thinks will advance the cause of Gavin Newsom. He is completely amoral, and without principles.

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

375 >>I think the problem was that Noem tried to claim Trump approved them and with the government cutting spending, $220 million may be a bit much.

Her new role could actually be bigger than DHS. Trump's big goal is the reordering of the world with the US as the leader of the Western Hemisphere. Noem is going to figure prominently in that in her new role.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 06, 2026 09:32 AM (viF8m)

376 OK, maybe is a scandal. . .
@lukerosiak
The contracts scandal at DHS is extremely bad, possibly criminal. NBC reporting that Noem made her random helper from South Dakota the *deputy director of ICE* (bad in itself), who then ordered a SECOND contract to be given to the exact same firms that the $200M were steered to. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (Suwql)

377 I think the males Noem was feuding with all the time finally got sick of her shit and asked Trump to do something about her.

Posted by: one hour sober at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (Y1sOo)

378 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. 🙏

"President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan declared on Thursday that his country would use “the full might of our ‘Iron Fist'” against the terrorist regime in Iran after drones flying in from Iran struck an airport and near a school building in the Caucasus nation."

Interesting. Would be surprised if Z & a tad of NATO aren't in on it.

AI Overview:As of early 2026, relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russia are in a state of "limbo" or strained, marked by a widening gap between Moscow's rhetoric and legal actions following a December 2024 plane crash incident. While traditionally strategic partners with a 338 km border and $5 billion+ in annual trade, Azerbaijan is actively distancing itself from Russia's influence, balancing relations through ties with Turkey and NATO while supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity.

6 references to the above including CEPA dot org, 'Russia–Azerbaijan: Relations Back on the Rocks' The Kremlin’s idea of a rapprochement is very different to Baku’s. Feb. 5, 2026)

History

militarnyi dot com: 'Video emerges of the attack on the base of Russian “peacekeepers” in Nagorno-Karabakh' Sept. 23, 2023

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (NFX2v)

379 As Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas, does Noem get an eyepatch like Nick Fury?

Posted by: PA Dutchman at March 06, 2026 07:56 AM (h/O4U)

Eyepatch McCain may be looking for a new gig once he is done plundering the booty.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 06, 2026 09:33 AM (dK+Kv)

380 You really should watch the fantastic Israeli series "Tehran". 3 seasons so far. That type of surveillance is extensively portrayed in the show. As if Israelis were not hiding the fact. I suspect that it is more that just the cameras. that were used IRL....And I am concerned about the type of surveillance the Chicoms are doing on us!. Given that over the last 25 years, every PC and Mac was made in China.
Posted by: runner
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And that is a problem no doubt. You can see hobbyist videos on YT where hackers take apart these Chicom cheap routers, wireless access points, etc. and they spill info to overseas ip addresses. One trick is to put $(reboot) into the initial login screen as a password and on the no security types, it will launch a reboot of the device (it can also soft brick it so beware of doing that).

Best to stay away from no name internet cameras, networking, and IOT devices sold cheap at Amazon, Temu, et.

Plenty of decent equipment used on Ebay for things like network switches, etc. and the brand name stuff is only a few bucks more. Not all name brand are safe but rather safer in combination with locking down your router and outside comms from your network.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (E4rtv)

381 Also from above, "Say what you will about her personally, but the fact of the matter is DHS, with her as its administrator, was the key agency that finally sealed our border and deported thousands of illegal aliens, representing a key, if not the most important accomplishment for President Trump's administration to date, and fulfilling a campaign promise and the longstanding desire of all real Americans who voted for and support this President."

Thanks, J.J.

ALL of the women and the young men in PDT's 2nd administration are being targeted for removal or worse by other forces. Noem hung in there much longer than predicted in a "nontraditional job" even for nowadays.

The Rs act keep trying to act like the big tent party. Notice that progressive women - competent or not - are largely running the Democratic portion of Congress, backed - and maybe even hiding behind - by some of the worse male politicians in the last 50 years of history.

Competency matters, regardless of DEI, in all of our government.

All, imho.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (NFX2v)

382 >>. . .Noem and Lewandowski's alleged affair came back up at the Senate hearing along and she has had internal fights with the head of Border Patrol, ICE, and Trump's immigration czar Homan.

Ah, OK.
Drama.
Ugh.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Suwql)

383 As an attorney, the McConnell rigged Supreme Courts opinions are all non-binding.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Heh. Be sure to tell the judge that every time you argue a case.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 06, 2026 09:36 AM (Fs0KI)

384 >>>Going to war with Canada is like getting a cheap-shot high-stick that knocked a guy's tooth out, - him coming back and scoring the winning goal.

Seriously.

You could not have scripted that -- would have been too on-the-nose. LOVE, LOVE, LOVED that game and those players.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (Suwql)

385 Eyepatch McCain may be looking for a new gig once he is done plundering the booty.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Trump may find a sinecure for him if he wants it. I don't think he was very interested in the dull business of legislating but he might do okay in another executive position.

As LBJ said, it is better to have people inside the tent pissing out rather than outside pissing inwards.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

386 I haven't gone digging into the details - I'll wait for Ace or Datarepublican to do it then read an excellent summary that cuts out the nonsense - but if what I'm picking up from the discussion tracks, this is probably at least 50.01% accurate:

Noem did some questionable stuff on the ad contracts
And was a bit too Alpha-dog with her direct subordinates and partners
But she's useful, skillful, photogenic, and on the same side
Thus a 'transfer/promotion' that's both reward and punishment
Slap on the wrist, fix the problem without losing the talent

Classic "good boss" strategy.

Posted by: RandomDave at March 06, 2026 09:39 AM (aJQbY)

387 It was done that way to avoid incumbency advantage. Interestingly, the governor is term-limited so if he has designs on becoming a senator for longer than 7 months he can't appoint himself.
Posted by: Vendette

Stitt's term is up in 2026 anyway as governor and he is term limited. So the appointment is likely to be a Stitt placeholder and Stitt is probably the leading candidate for the special election to fill the rest of the term if he wants it. Name recognition and money enough to drive away serious contenders on the GOP side.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

388 386 I haven't gone digging into the details - I'll wait for Ace or Datarepublican to do it then read an excellent summary that cuts out the nonsense - but if what I'm picking up from the discussion tracks, this is probably at least 50.01% accurate:

Noem did some questionable stuff on the ad contracts
And was a bit too Alpha-dog with her direct subordinates and partners
But she's useful, skillful, photogenic, and on the same side
Thus a 'transfer/promotion' that's both reward and punishment
Slap on the wrist, fix the problem without losing the talent

Classic "good boss" strategy.
Posted by: RandomDave

Walz, Trump's short lived NSA director, has done a creditable job at the UN as ambassador for example and I agree with you. Best to give soft landings unless outright betrayal or criminal actions.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:44 AM (E4rtv)

389 Stitt's term is up in 2026 anyway as governor and he is term limited. So the appointment is likely to be a Stitt placeholder and Stitt is probably the leading candidate for the special election to fill the rest of the term if he wants it. Name recognition and money enough to drive away serious contenders on the GOP side.

Posted by: whig at March 06, 2026 09:42 AM (E4rtv)

And he signed into law the bill that is preventing him from appointing himself, so someone gets rewarded with a short-term job that allows them to keep the title "Senator" for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Vendette at March 06, 2026 09:48 AM (1ieqq)

390 Maybe, ultimately, she just wasn't the right man for the job.

Posted by: rechill at March 06, 2026 10:08 AM (K1zyu)

391 We pause the Two Minutes Hate for Mrs. Noem and Ms. Bondi to point out that Mr, Lankford is all about open borders and coddling people who break our immigration laws.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 06, 2026 10:33 AM (fYhK6)

392 This is what has generally been reported by msm:

>Congressional Hearing: During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on March 4, 2026, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) directly asked Secretary Noem if she had "sexual relations" with her top adviser, Corey Lewandowski.
Non-Denial: Noem did not directly deny the allegation, instead calling the question "tabloid garbage" and accusing the committee of sexism.
Reports of Dismissal: Reports indicate that this "non-answer" was considered a "final straw" by the White House, leading to her being fired by President Trump shortly after.
Context: The alleged affair, along with accusations of mismanagement at the DHS, has been widely covered by various news outlets.

BTW, both Noem and Lewandowski are still married to their respective spouses.

Then:
As of early March 2026, U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer is facing an internal investigation regarding allegations of misconduct, including an claimed affair with a member of her security detail.

Her husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, is accused of touching two women inappropriately at the agency in Washington.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)

393 Back in Feb 2025: CREW: Trump 2.0: Bracing for criminals, corruption and constitutional crises

How about this gem? McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
November 2, 2018, 'Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Atrocities 383-545'
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Eric S & Fang-Fang
Dianne Feinstein and chinese influence.

Trillions stolen from C19 funds, American Rescue Plan, etc.? The Bidens' Influence Peddling Timeline of many years.

Marty Walsh, former US Secretary of Labor, whether in or out of government, 2016 or now, rest assured scandal accompanies. (Now on the board of the Biden Library.)

Boston Herald: Battenfeld: Marty Walsh choice for VP under fire in children’s food scandal, Dec. 2, 2025

Marty Walsh’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of Labor (March 2021 – March 2023), the Department of Labor (DOL) oversaw a period of historically high, pandemic-related unemployment insurance (UI) fraud, with estimates suggesting that tens of billions of dollars in federal funds were improperly paid out.

San Bernardino Sun: Julie Su prepares to forgive herself for Julie Su’s mistakes

And, of course, much more but TGIF.

Nice weekend 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 06, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)

394 Longtime lurker here, and Hungarian-American. The Orban-Zelensky items on here are a little bit misleading.

I like Stephen Green in general, but he's needlessly complicating the history of "Subcarpathian Ukraine." The history is pretty straightforward, actually, before 1920. It was part of the old Hungarian Kingdom before the Treaty of Trianon. Even under Austrian occupation or in the Turkish occupation period, it was considered part of occupied Hungary.

After 1920, it changed hands a bunch of times, but between the wars it was Czechoslovakia, during WW2 it went back to Hungary, then after WW2 it was first USSR and then now Ukraine. (Green does a good job of noting the exceptions to this, but those aren't that important.)

There is a small Hungarian minority there, of 150K people, but yes, they've always been mistreated by the Soviet and Ukrainian authorities. Green is acting like this is some kind of pro-Putin conspiracy theory. Its not.

150K people isn't a lot, but the whole Hungarian nation is about 10 million, so its more important to them than it would be to a larger nation.

And generally speaking, Hungary doesn't want it back. Its super-poor!

Posted by: Rofos at March 06, 2026 11:46 AM (ropxx)

395 The interesting thing about this is 99% of the Muslim World is not condemning Israel. As for the other 1%, well, that's the United Kingdom and France for you.

Posted by: hadsil at March 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Xht4H)

Daily Tech News 6 March 2026

Top Story

The Department of War has sunk Anthropic with a torpedo fired from a submarine, the first such incident by a US Navy vessel since World War 0. (Politico)

Or I might be conflating various world events. It's been a long day.
Speaking of navies abruptly relocated at the bottom the the sea Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic. (Tech Crunch)

Not divesting, but not investing further either.

Tech News

AI generated results in Bing search pointed users at malicious versions of OpenClaw that attempted to install a whole swarm of malware onto your computer. (Bleeping Computer)

Even worse than the legitimate version of OpenClaw, I mean.
The CEO of cheating app Cluely lied about the company's revenue. (Tech Crunch)

That's slightly worse than trying to fudge your term paper.
There is no longer a 512GB Mac Studio. (Macrumors)

It was expensive. Now it's gone.
Nvidia on the other hand is reportedly preparing an RTX 5050 with 9GB of RAM. (Tom's Hardware)

That's up from the current 8GB, but the details kind of make sense given the exact specs of the 5050. The update would switch from four 16Gb DDR6 chips running at 20GHz to three 24Gb DDR7 chips running at 28GHz.

It would provide a little more memory and a little more performance while using fewer components. The rest of Nvidia's 5000 series graphics cards all use DDR7 memory; the entry-level 5050 was the only one that did not.
Lenovo's Idea Tab Pro Gen 2 is set to arrive in March. (Liliputing)

I have the smaller, cheaper Idea Tab Nothing. It's not an amazing performer but the display is first rate - Lenovo calls it "paperlike" and I can't disagree. It doesn't feel like looking at a screen at all; it feels like magic.

The new model has a 13" 3540x2190 display (mine has an 11" 2560x1600 screen), 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a microSD slot, and a pen. The specs don't use the term "paperlike" anywhere but I hope it's similar.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Uptown? Downtown? Midtown?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 G'Day everyone TGIF

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Unfortunately tomorrow is Saturday and I have to work again.

Posted by: Minx 0.8 beta at March 06, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

3 Hamsters work seven days a week. It's the way of the world.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 06, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 06, 2026 04:09 AM (NkASH)

5 When your Downtown
Everyone is waiting for you

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 04:09 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Good morning, Tech Peeps! The grandkids spent the night and they'll be here again tonight. Looks like smash burgers are on the menu for dinner.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at March 06, 2026 04:09 AM (3Ope8)

7 Sorry, Pixy! Hope you get some comp time, if not OT pay!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 04:09 AM (rdVOm)

8 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at March 06, 2026 04:09 AM (lJ0H4)

9 Good morning,

Pixy thanks for the time spent on this thread. Hope the weekend is productive.

Posted by: Pete Bog at March 06, 2026 04:11 AM (qlUA+)

10 can I stay home today?

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 04:12 AM (jrgJz)

11 3 Hamsters work seven days a week. It's the way of the world.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 06, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

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As far as I know, Pixy has been on a 24/7/365 schedule. Amazing.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 06, 2026 04:13 AM (+PfCm)

12 I really didn't plan on being up this early

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 04:18 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2026 04:34 AM (AN2gy)

14 >>> I really didn't plan on being up this early

Nor I. Got to attend to the driveway, though.

Nowhere to go today, but no idea of what kind of frozen mess it will be if I leave it.

Apparently I would rather type than go out to shovel.

Posted by: fluffy at March 06, 2026 04:38 AM (AN2gy)

15 Belated BOING!

Sashimi prepped. Chicken in the oven.

Watched a ballistic sound and light show from our apartment balcony last night at 11PM. No siren locally as it was north of us.

Spectacular view of intercept launches followed by a successful exoatmospheric intercept followed by 2 balls of wreckage on fire coming down and landing in open areas somewhere way to the NW of us.

I miss my innocent childhood.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 04:39 AM (hY+PL)

16 Good morning morons

Bad insomnia tonight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 04:44 AM (RIvkX)

17 BD on my daily list

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 04:45 AM (RIvkX)

18 Unfortunately tomorrow is Saturday and I have to work again.

Posted by: Minx 0.8 beta at March 06, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)
-

Or you can join our merry Tribe!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 04:46 AM (hY+PL)

19 Bad insomnia tonight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 04:44 AM (RIvkX)
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Wishing you a future with much good insomnia.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 04:46 AM (hY+PL)

20 16 Good morning morons

Bad insomnia tonight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 04:44 AM (RIvkX)

Me too.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 04:47 AM (Sco7b)

21 Watching the coverage by Media 'journalists' of this armed conflict is like cleaning your teeth with a Ka-bar.

English; do you speak it?

Only Congress has the authority to declare 'war.' Therefore this is not a war.

The war powers resolution gives the president 60-90 days to act against an eminent threat. Attempted presidential assassination is one of many eminent threats to the natural order of the nation.

History is rewritten every time a Democrat or journalist gets in front of a camera.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 04:55 AM (M9gjJ)

22 If I was in Sonoma I would go for a drive, the roads are empty at this hour and the vineyards are beautiful in the moonlight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 04:56 AM (RIvkX)

23 w00t

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 04:56 AM (+YA9H)

24 There is disagreement here how to describe the sound of the incoming attack phone warnings and sirens:

https://youtu.be/ocDJ8MgtE74

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 04:56 AM (hY+PL)

25 20 16 Bad insomnia tonight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 04:44 AM (RIvkX)

Me too.
Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 04:47 AM (Sco7b)

Me three. And I "never" get insomnia.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 04:59 AM (+YA9H)

26 We get alerts on our phones sometimes. Tsunami warnings. Silver alerts. Amber alerts. Everyone freaks out because everyone's phone starts going off simultaneously.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:01 AM (RIvkX)

27 Sunny, high 70. I will try to get Mrs. F. outside for lunch today.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:05 AM (RIvkX)

28 >>>The Department of War has sunk Anthropic with a torpedo fired from a submarine, the first such incident by a US Navy vessel since World War 0. (Politico)

Or I might be conflating various world events.

We Morons have been turning tech threads into war threads lately.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:06 AM (+YA9H)

29 Was World War 0 the Crimea?

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2026 05:07 AM (aTgV0)

30 I switched from Windows 11 to Linux.

Open AI was actually a great help to me on that.

And I ask it the time and temp to cook chicken, which is tricky for me.

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2026 05:10 AM (aTgV0)

31
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 06, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)

32 AI gave me a great recipe for bone-in ham and bean soup. Next up, I'm going to consult with it on a solution for a tasty thai pepper sauce recipe.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 05:16 AM (M9gjJ)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 06, 2026 05:18 AM (bQ4nt)

34 2 Unfortunately tomorrow is Saturday and I have to work again.
Posted by: Minx 0.8 beta at March 06, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

-->

Fortunately tomorrow is Saturday and I get to work again.

--another way of looking at it

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:19 AM (+YA9H)

35 Packed lunch, had omelet, sausages and toast and have a hour until I have to leave

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)

36 Tomorrow is Saturday and I get to not work again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:21 AM (RIvkX)

37 Petula Clark is still around, 93 yo

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 05:25 AM (Ia/+0)

38 3 Hamsters work seven days a week.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 06, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

AoSHq stylesheet says: ham(p)sters

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:26 AM (+YA9H)

39 Delivery driver has a nice encounter with a dog. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4j2nvnak

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:28 AM (lQ+/f)

40 3 Hamsters work seven days a week. It's the way of the world.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 06, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

It's the way of the wheel.
*squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak* *squeak*

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:32 AM (+YA9H)

41 Petula Clark will always be downtown.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:33 AM (RIvkX)

42 Beautiful psalm of praise read by English actor David Suchet. Psalm 19:

https://tinyurl.com/5bvjyd9t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:33 AM (7RYym)

43 Greetings from the Carolinas. Seasonal weather.

Nothing to report.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at March 06, 2026 05:36 AM (XqFM2)

44 Kindly waitress helps out an overwhelmed mother and later gets a wonderful surprise:

https://tinyurl.com/5csrfv3s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:36 AM (7RYym)

45 I need to shove Gavin's comments about Israel being an "apartheid" state into the faces of several acquaintances and family members today.

And I'm pondering how best to do this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:36 AM (RIvkX)

46 Evening and morning, satellites of the Great Ace and the Greater Pixy! It's Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished.

Petula Clark . . . always liked her and her work. "Downtown" is most famous, but "My Love" and "A Sign of the Times" to me are even better pop tunes.

What you all got on tap for the weekend, eh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 05:39 AM (wzUl9)

47 45 I need to shove Gavin's comments about Israel being an "apartheid" state into the faces of several acquaintances and family members today.

And I'm pondering how best to do this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:36 AM (RIvkX)

Print it out and put it on the front door and the door of the fridge.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:39 AM (6ydKt)

48 "I need to shove Gavin's comments about Israel being an "apartheid" state into the faces of several acquaintances and family members today.

And I'm pondering how best to do this."

Do you have a door handy?

Posted by: Martin Luther at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (iMotb)

49 Sadly other Leftists will nod in agreement with Newsom

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (Ia/+0)

50 Beautiful psalm of praise read by English actor David Suchet. Psalm 19:

https://tinyurl.com/5bvjyd9t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:33 AM (7RYym)

He reads each of the Gospels, too His voice is so rich and soothing , i could listen to him all day.

Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (lCppi)

51 I didn't know this gospel group, but they do a nice job with this song:

https://tinyurl.com/vcfkfdun

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (7RYym)

52 47 45 I need to shove Gavin's comments about Israel being an "apartheid" state into the faces of several acquaintances and family members today.

And I'm pondering how best to do this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:36 AM (RIvkX)

Print it out and put it on the front door and the door of the fridge.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:39 AM (6ydKt)

Placemats?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (+YA9H)

53 It's warm and nasty this morning, 72 F. w/ high humidity. Better workout conditions than with 82, but not ideal to my mind. Still, I plan to go crank out a mile or so.

The furry thugs are flashing around. Stirling has found a bit of rock and is knocking it back and forth, and Dagny is eyeing him with a "What the HELL is wrong with you" look. I'll feed them in a little while. First, though, more coffee.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

54 48 "I need to shove Gavin's comments about Israel being an "apartheid" state into the faces of several acquaintances and family members today.

And I'm pondering how best to do this."

Do you have a door handy?
Posted by: Martin Luther at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (iMotb)

hahahahaha
And a nail?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:43 AM (+YA9H)

55 Ugh. Just saw a political ad for David Trone. He's a MD congresscritter. His ads just ooze smug and self righteousness. Yet another #BADORANGEMAN ad, but it plays well in his district I guess. He's loathsome.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 06, 2026 05:45 AM (NkASH)

56 Posted by: LASue at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM

I had read that, but hadn't gotten to listen to that yet. Thanks for the reminder. I will have to check that out. He does have a wonderful voice.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:45 AM (7RYym)

57 The Department of War has sunk Anthropic with a torpedo fired from a submarine, the first such incident by a US Navy vessel since World War 0. (Politico)

Or I might be conflating various world events. It's been a long day.

Kristi Noem was tapped to lead S.H.I.E.L.D., which -- to everyone's disappointment -- means she gets Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch instead of a Black Widow bodysuit. On the upside, this unlocks the possibility of a World of Tomorrow crossover with the Sky Captain.

I have not slept, and no longer know what's real.

Posted by: SciVo at March 06, 2026 05:47 AM (Sy6m/)

58 Placemats?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (+YA9H)

Even better.
Difficult to miss that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:47 AM (6ydKt)

59 I have not slept, and no longer know what's real.

Posted by: SciVo at March 06, 2026 05:47 AM (Sy6m/)

I suspect some of that is going around in Tehran today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:48 AM (6ydKt)

60 Placemats?
Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:42 AM (+YA9H)
====
Let's workshop it.

I told Mrs. F. yesterday that Tucker said the Chabad started the war so they could tear down al-Aqsa mosque and she reminded me one of my college buddies had said the same thing at our table a few weeks ago. Kind of ruined the dinner.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:49 AM (RIvkX)

61 Disclaimer: Uptown? Downtown? Midtown?

Rejoinder:
Uptown to the left of me,
Downtown to the right.
Here I am, stuck in the Midtown with you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 05:51 AM (O7YUW)

62 I am being bombarded with ads for Saikat Chakrabarti the Maoist running to replace Pelosi.

He says his name, which is totally unpronounceable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 05:51 AM (RIvkX)

63 David Trone is the owner of Total Wine, and a committed gun grabber, amongst many other sins against the good order of society which he is guilty of.

The Wes Moore of Persons-of Pallor.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 06, 2026 05:51 AM (iMotb)

64 mornin yall

"The parents of a Florida businessman have filed a federal lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company’s AI chatbot drove their son to attempt a catastrophic truck bombing at Miami International Airport before encouraging him to take his own life."

Don't be evil. Get other people to do it.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 05:53 AM (vFG9F)

65 I do think the plan for the war has proceeded along OK so far, but somebody at the DoW dropped the ball on what to do about the Strait of Hormuz.

Seems that should've been a top priority to keep open by targeting the Iranian navy and any assets on land that could close the strait.

As of now ship traffic has pretty much stopped.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:54 AM (6ydKt)

66 >>>Kristi Noem was tapped to lead S.H.I.E.L.D., which -- to everyone's disappointment -- means she gets Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch instead of a Black Widow bodysuit.

>There's no harm in fitting her for the bodysuit. There's always Ozempic and yoga.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 06, 2026 05:54 AM (M9gjJ)

67 Miss Linda dragged me to a watercolor class at the library yesterday afternoon . . . and to my surprise I enjoyed it. The watercolors my mother bought me when I was a kid always smelled like mud (or maybe it was our tap water). These did not. The teacher played a video of a woman painting with watercolor, and they both talked about leaving "white space" in between the strokes of the brush. So I did that. My result: two rather tightly-bunched abstract "roses" in blue and orange, a larger and more organic-looking reddish one, and something that looked like a red and green angel fish -- at least two others in the class said "That's a fish" when they looked at it.

Kinda fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

68 I want the weather to warm ip, above freezing but rainy again.

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 05:55 AM (Ia/+0)

69 Comedian Tim Hawkins talks about raising kids and using songs to communicate to them. Scroll down:

https://tinyurl.com/3skwr6wz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:56 AM (7RYym)

70 Don't be evil. Get other people to do it.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 05:53 AM (vFG9F)

Seems Terminators weren't even needed.
AI can apparently convince a good portion of humanity to do what it wants without Arnold taking care of the problem.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:57 AM (6ydKt)

71 That damn black cat whose name rhymes with "curling" just knocked his plastic water bowl off the counter. I had to mop water off the table and chair, and I'm lucky my tax return materials are in a closed plastic folder.

From now on this cat can drink out of the fountain like his sister. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

72 Kristi Noem was tapped to lead S.H.I.E.L.D., which -- to everyone's disappointment -- means she gets Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch instead of a Black Widow bodysuit. On the upside, this unlocks the possibility of a World of Tomorrow crossover with the Sky Captain.

I have not slept, and no longer know what's real.
Posted by: SciVo at March 06, 2026 05:47 AM (Sy6m/)

She obviously needs to recruit Dan Crenshaw now that he’s about to have some more free time. His nom de guerre shall be Nick the Contemptuously Annoyed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 05:57 AM (fSA1n)

73 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 06, 2026 05:54 AM

I initially read that as "watermelon" class . LOL but "watercolor class" sounds much better. Glad you had a good time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 05:58 AM (7RYym)

74 Would rather go back to bed than go to work

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 05:58 AM (Ia/+0)

75 Here is Ami Kozak as Tucker Carlson explaining why the war was caused by Chabad.

https://youtu.be/6SJzaeEYzxE?

Funny.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

76 I still have Christmas lights up outside. Too cold to take them down. I didn't sleep at all.

Stopped drinking. Not taking edibles. I'm going to the hospital Saturday. Hopefully,, they can help me. I've spent all night looking for counseling for anxiety and depression.

It will hopefully be my first night out overnight in 14 years. My friends will watch the dog.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:01 AM (Sco7b)

77 @65/SpeakingOf: "As of now ship traffic has pretty much stopped."

Useful for convincing other countries that depend on the oil coming out of there that they should support the effort against Iran.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

78 {Stateless}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:04 AM (RIvkX)

79 Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:01 AM

I am glad you are going out and I will pray for your recovery from depression and anxiety.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:05 AM (7RYym)

80 Hopefully,, they can help me. I've spent all night looking for counseling for anxiety and depression.

It will hopefully be my first night out overnight in 14 years. My friends will watch the dog.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:01 AM (Sco7b)

I feel for ya, brother.

Hang in there, find something that gives you a reason to live, even if it just amounts to 'never let the bastards get you down'.

When it feels like nobody else needs you, the dog does.
That's a start.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:07 AM (6ydKt)

81 Greetings and good morning from the GPROMD. The fog was thick but I got in without incident. Tonight is a company party at a bowling alley. Free food, free drinks, free bowling. Life is good.

Stateless, good luck to you. I know how tough it can be to find a counselor.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 06:07 AM (+4yJ5)

82 Better grt out of here
Wifi at work so will be back when I get there

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 06:08 AM (Ia/+0)

83 Seems that should've been a top priority to keep open by targeting the Iranian navy and any assets on land that could close the strait.

As of now ship traffic has pretty much stopped.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 05:54 AM (6ydKt)

I guess most people are not aware of what Iran’s capabilities were, and why this had to be a major, weeks long war, not just some one and done raid. Besides the larger warships, Iran has bragged about having as many as 3000 - 5000 speedboats with a couple of missiles strapped to them, as well as almost 20 mini submarines that have a 7 man crew and a couple of torpedoes.
The purpose of all of these light forces was not to face other military units, it is to hide out near the straits and attack all civilian shipping.

They have no defensive capability and can be stopped, but it is going to require the complete destruction of every dock and every village along the 50 mile length of the straits to do so. That will take time, and hundreds of sorties. (If not thousands)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 06:08 AM (fSA1n)

84 >>I have the smaller, cheaper Idea Tab Nothing.

"Nothing"
heh

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:09 AM (+YA9H)

85 Useful for convincing other countries that depend on the oil coming out of there that they should support the effort against Iran.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:03 AM (O7YUW)

The Chinese are negotiating a way to let their oil transports through.

A big problem is that a lot of natural gas from the Emirates goes through the strait. Most of that goes to Europe.

The Europeans are more than likely to blame Trump and complain than to blame Iran and jump in the fight

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:09 AM (6ydKt)

86 Thank you all.

Caregiving for so long was exhausting. And the dog is very tiring.

My friends cats were sleeping here at night when it was really cold. They're back outside now. They miss inside life.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:10 AM (Sco7b)

87 75 Here is Ami Kozak as Tucker Carlson explaining why the war was caused by Chabad.

https://youtu.be/6SJzaeEYzxE?

Funny.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

He's good.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:12 AM (+YA9H)

88 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (PzBTm)

89 @Stateless: If I remember, you're in Canada, possibly even Ontario. Cross-check any advice you're getting from medical personnel. If they try to offer you MAID as a solution (and some {explitive} probably will) get out of there immediately. People like that do not have your best interests at heart.

Go spend time with your friends. Talk with them. Go do things with them that they find fun, perhaps you'll find them fun too, or at least you get to spend time with them which will enrich your life.

We're not meant to be alone, it wrecks us.

And get some sleep. Not sleeping distorts our perceptions hugely.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

90 They have no defensive capability and can be stopped, but it is going to require the complete destruction of every dock and every village along the 50 mile length of the straits to do so. That will take time, and hundreds of sorties. (If not thousands)

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 06:08 AM (fSA1n)

It's about the only play the mullahs have is to force the price of oil up hoping that puts pressure on Trump and Bibi to relent.

If it keeps going on for a few months with the strait closed it will start to really hurt. Hopefully we can get a handle on it before that point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (6ydKt)

91 Oh and Fen? Forgot to reply to a comment of yours in yesterday's tech thread.

I'm glad you liked the term "Al Gayeda." Given the absolute zeal with which the LGBTOMGWTFBBQ community go after anyone who speaks against them or tries to leave, I figured it was a good term to come up with.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (+4yJ5)

92 Musical Interlude

------------

That's a good Petula Clark song.

When I was a kid, her hit "Downtown" was played constantly on the radio in the late 60s.

Damn, I never even knew who sang that ... quite a voice, before the great (and tragic) Karen Carpenter subsequently dominated the airwaves.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 06, 2026 06:14 AM (iu4Pw)

93 @85/SpeakingOf: "The Europeans are more than likely to blame Trump and complain than to blame Iran and jump in the fight"

Then maybe the USA shouldn't help out with this, at least not right away.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

94 A message from Tucker:

(Now this is what AI is good for):

https://tinyurl.com/5fh94wu7

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 06:16 AM (fSA1n)

95 Holy Carp!

Sally "Petula" Clark (born 15 November 1932) -- a British singer, actress, and songwriter -- is still alive and aged 93.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 06, 2026 06:16 AM (iu4Pw)

96 And get some sleep. Not sleeping distorts our perceptions hugely.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

Good advice.
Depression & anxiety always get worse with insomnia.

I know it ain't as easy as flipping a switch to get sleep, but eventually exhaustion will take over after the adrenaline keeping you awake runs out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:17 AM (6ydKt)

97 Thank you. I'm not worried about MAID. Our hospital is very good.

And I've called people tonight. There's help available.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:18 AM (Sco7b)

98 @Wolfus: The stories from the Furry Thug files this morning tell me Stirling has lots of pent up energy and is bored. Go get a cardboard box or two from the grocery store and leave them around the place. They love that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:18 AM (O7YUW)

99 I would like to ask for prayers from the praying folks here. After months, son finally heard back from one of the places he applied to. I guess because the job is related to plants and outside and it's wintertime. Anyway, he needs to get straightened out things about recommendations because the person hiring couldn't get in touch with
People who recommended son.

He's been very discouraged, jumps into negative and obsessive thinking. He says "Everybody I graduated with in high school has a good job" I asked him how many graduated with him and he said "400". "And you know all those people personally?" People are not posting on Facebook about their struggles . I told him to get off FB and whenever he had a negative thought to substitute a positive one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:19 AM (lQ+/f)

100 87 75 Here is Ami Kozak as Tucker Carlson explaining why the war was caused by Chabad.

https://youtu.be/6SJzaeEYzxE?

Funny.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

He's good.
Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:12 AM (+YA9H)

In the comments:

Ami do a skit where Tucker has a DNA test and finds he is part Jewish

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:19 AM (+YA9H)

101 m scores the 100 without even trying.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)

102 Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM

Quite clever.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:21 AM (lQ+/f)

103 From EW

Entertainment Weekly

Top Stories

Margaret Cho says she was asked to join The Apprentice several times, was told Trump was a huge fan of hers

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:21 AM (Sco7b)

104 Remember that sloped Iranian drone carrier?

Well, not anymore!

https://tinyurl.com/2xh9avvj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 06:22 AM (hY+PL)

105 In local news, 18-year-old Zay’vion Jackson and Ja’nike Jacques Adams were arrested for the murder of Dantwan Wynes.

Witnesses say the comma criminals Zay'vion and Ja'nike stole Dantwans apostrophes before his fatal punctuation.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

106 and my son's route in college was rather circuitous in that he needed to take some time off because of illness, so I told him to stop comparing himself to everyone else. "There's only one you!" I told him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:23 AM (lQ+/f)

107 96 And get some sleep. Not sleeping distorts our perceptions hugely.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (O7YUW)

Good advice.
Depression & anxiety always get worse with insomnia.

I know it ain't as easy as flipping a switch to get sleep, but eventually exhaustion will take over after the adrenaline keeping you awake runs out.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:17 AM (6ydKt)

Very nicely put, both of you!

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:24 AM (+YA9H)

108 I hope things work out FenelonSpoke...

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:25 AM (Sco7b)

109 If it keeps going on for a few months with the strait closed it will start to really hurt. Hopefully we can get a handle on it before that point.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:13 AM (6ydKt)

It won’t take nearly that long - but it is going to take the ruthless application of military force to things that may look civilian, such as small fishing villages. It’s much like fighting Hamas, we have to destroy all places where they hide.

We don’t like to think about it, but in order to be successful, the death total among regime supporters needs to be very high. Fortunately I believe that Hegseth understands that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 06:27 AM (fSA1n)

110 Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:22 AM (vFG9F)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:27 AM (lQ+/f)

111 Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06:25 AM

Funny. Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:28 AM (lQ+/f)

112 G'mornin' everyone!

& thank you Rosasharn!

Friday, Joy of Man's Desiring!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 06, 2026 06:29 AM (MIIRH)

113 I would like to ask for prayers from the praying folks here.
====

Of course.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

114 102 Quite clever.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thanks. I find that the older I get, the less tolerant I am towards this kind of behavior.

And good luck to your son. Lord knows I've done the bit about "My friends are doing so much better than me" and once had to deal with my mom accidentally reinforcing that.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 06:30 AM (+4yJ5)

115 There's the twirl
Now it can be Friday

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 06:30 AM (ZxPkt)

116 Speaking of Petulia, I wrote this after the LA Riots and Reginald Denny got beaned by a concrete block. To the tune of "Downtown".

If you are mad
About the case that they had
Well you can always go
Downtown

Don't sit at home
Let you feelings be shown
There's a place I know
Downtown

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

117 And you can go and beat up on a white boy in the city
Get him on the sidewalk and don't show him no pity
After you're thru
You can kick in some doors
And burn down some store
Steal some new shoes
And get some free booze
And go
Downtown
Everyone's waiting for you

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:31 AM (vFG9F)

118 Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 06

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:31 AM (lQ+/f)

119 We are having Boy F.'s triennial meeting with the regional center today, which funds his day program. They have ignored him almost 2 years now. Requested the meeting over 2 months ago. It was first scheduled for Monday and rescheduled for today. I give it 50/50 it really happens.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)

120 I watched one interesting video the other day about things cats do to show they love you, and trust you to be safe, like sleeping with you in the bed, or sleeping with their bellies exposed, for example.

Now every other recommended video is a cat video about what the things they do really mean.

I don't even own a cat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:33 AM (6ydKt)

121 A different link to Ami Kozak discussing Chabad (the first link hung for me for a bit):

https://youtu.be/6SJzaeEYzxE

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:34 AM (+YA9H)

122 101 m scores the 100 without even trying.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 06, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)

Doesn't count; didn't call it.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 06:34 AM (+YA9H)

123 We don’t like to think about it, but in order to be successful, the death total among regime supporters needs to be very high. Fortunately I believe that Hegseth understands that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 06:27 AM (fSA1n)

The entire Pentagon should.
They've had 47 years to plan this.

Do what we gotta do and get this thing done.
There's no going back now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 06, 2026 06:35 AM (6ydKt)

124 by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 06:30 AM (+4yJ5)

Thanks. Im trying to do everything I can to not reinforce the negativity. Heck, I know some guy whose grandson hasn't had a job since he got out of college - 4 years ago. He studied computer programming and so many of the jobs had been outsourced to India . Grrrr!. Son hasn't only not been working since Sept.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:36 AM (7RYym)

125 Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)

I hope they keep the meeting and may rough places be made smooth.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:38 AM (7RYym)

126 We don’t like to think about it, but in order to be successful, the death total among regime supporters needs to be very high. Fortunately I believe that Hegseth understands that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 06:27 AM (fSA1n)
-

Unfortunately, Israel doesn't. Endless heads-ups to Hizballah in Lebanon. Idiots!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 06, 2026 06:39 AM (hY+PL)

127 I don't get computer science majors being out of work. There is plenty of business out there supporting small business IT needs. Maybe it's because people want jobs with big companies and don't want to deal with running their own company. I know for a fact though the business is out there, I turn it down all the time. Other people I know in the IT support business are just as swamped.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

128 Flying some A-10s up and down the coast of Iran, strafing every dock and everything that moves might put a dent in Iran's recreational boating.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:42 AM (vFG9F)

129
Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06

Maybe that's what's going on. If I see the grandfather I will tell him. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:42 AM (WFtAr)

130 The irony is we want their help finding Boy F. a job!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:43 AM (RIvkX)

131 Thanks for the kind thoughts, good wishes and prayers, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:44 AM (WFtAr)

132 One thing schools do not teach is how to be an entrepreneur. If there are no job opportunities, it is possible to create your own.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:44 AM (vFG9F)

133 And by entrepreneur, I don't mean scamming the government for funds. I mean a real, self supporting business that provides value to it's customers.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:45 AM (vFG9F)

134 38 3 Hamsters work seven days a week.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 06, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

AoSHq stylesheet says: ham(p)sters
Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:26 AM (+YA9H)

Are you making fun of me??? *calls mother*

Posted by: Hampster Girl at March 06, 2026 06:48 AM (WkL+O)

135 Boy F. would need some accommodations for his autism but he would stack the fvck out of a grocery shelf.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:48 AM (RIvkX)

136 I will pray for your son getting a job, San Franpsycho.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 06, 2026 06:49 AM (WFtAr)

137 72 Kristi Noem was tapped to lead S.H.I.E.L.D., which -- to everyone's disappointment -- means she gets Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch instead of a Black Widow bodysuit. On the upside, this unlocks the possibility of a World of Tomorrow crossover with the Sky Captain.

I have not slept, and no longer know what's real.
Posted by: SciVo at March 06, 2026 05:47 AM (Sy6m/)

She obviously needs to recruit Dan Crenshaw now that he’s about to have some more free time. His nom de guerre shall be Nick the Contemptuously Annoyed.

I dont think Crenshaw sees that happening.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 06:49 AM (i0Hi3)

138 Can we just nuke Hollywood please?

"Pedro Pascal Fan Club Revokes Actor’s Woke Status Over Rumors He Might Be Dating Zionist Man"

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

139 "I dont think Crenshaw sees that happening."

He might get blindsided on this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 06, 2026 06:51 AM (iMotb)

140 Thank you same here dear.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 06, 2026 06:52 AM (RIvkX)

141 The cool thing about Crenshaw is that he's always dressed for International Talk Like A Pirate Day, which is September 19.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 06, 2026 06:53 AM (WkL+O)

142 Good morning everyone.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at March 06, 2026 06:54 AM (t14i3)

143 Stateless.

You are not alone.

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2026 06:54 AM (aTgV0)

144 38 3 Hamsters work seven days a week.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 06, 2026 04:08 AM (BLOW1)

AoSHq stylesheet says: ham(p)sters
Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 05:26 AM (+YA9H)

Are you making fun of me??? *calls mother*
Posted by: Hampster Girl at March 06, 2026 06:48 AM (WkL+O)

I love, I love, I love my hampster girl
Yeah, sweet hampster girl
I love, I love, I love my hampster girl
Each and every day of the year

Posted by: Neil Sedaka at March 06, 2026 06:55 AM (wVcYX)

145 138 Can we just nuke Hollywood please?

"Pedro Pascal Fan Club Revokes Actor’s Woke Status Over Rumors He Might Be Dating Zionist Man"

Posted by: fd

A Babylon Bee headline??

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 06, 2026 06:56 AM (sAmhv)

146 I would not underestimate how much small businesses need IT support. A lot of people just do not want to have to deal with computer and software issues and will pay good money for someone else to do it. One way for an entrepreneur to do that is to offer support contracts. That guarantees an income stream and builds a relationship with clients.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:56 AM (vFG9F)

147 "A Babylon Bee headline??
Posted by: Puddleglum"

Nope, this one is real. At Breitbart.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:57 AM (vFG9F)

148 "Pedro Pascal Fan Club Revokes Actor’s Woke Status Over Rumors He Might Be Dating Zionist Man"

Posted by: fd
----
Pedro Pascal has a fan club? Does it have a 900-number where people can dial in to talk to the "real" Pedro?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 06, 2026 06:59 AM (ESVrU)

149 There is plenty of business out there supporting small business IT needs.

It could be the perception that you won't make as much money or honestly not being aware of the smaller companies in the area. It's not something schools bother explaining to their students.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:00 AM (+4yJ5)

150 I listened to some of Carlson's nonsense in the video ace posted yesterday. He quotes Jesus saying, "the temple will be destroyed." He apparently doesn't understand that Jesus wasn't talking about the building.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 06, 2026 07:00 AM (I9O2A)

151 137 72 Kristi Noem was tapped

Well, yeah, prob'ly?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:00 AM (+YA9H)

152 Once you are in a relationship with a client and providing a support contract, when they need new equipment they will come to you instead of buying the cheapest thing they can find at Walmart.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 07:00 AM (vFG9F)

153 I worked at a small tech business and YES we certainly did rely on outside IT.

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2026 07:01 AM (aTgV0)

154 139 "I dont think Crenshaw sees that happening."

He might get blindsided on this.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at March 06, 2026 06:51 AM (iMotb)

It could get a little patchy.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:01 AM (+YA9H)

155 Are you people telling me Pedro Pascal is gay?!?!?!?!

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2026 07:02 AM (aTgV0)

156 Easiest entrepreneurial endeavor going is an " extra hands" service.

People in an urban setting are always need some junk hauled, help moving furniture a thousand small jobs

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 07:02 AM (+nEug)

157 I guess now we know why Pedro Pascal has been getting every role ever.

So wuts up with Jason Momoa?

Posted by: eleven at March 06, 2026 07:03 AM (aTgV0)

158 >>>It was expensive. Now it's gone.

That's what she said?

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:06 AM (+YA9H)

159 Once you have been a hero to your client and fixed some major problem for them, the account is yours to keep forever, unless you screw it up. They will tell other people, and your business will grow. It takes time though, and it's not going to be a 40 hour a week job.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 07:07 AM (vFG9F)

160 I don't know why this is, but going to the Spam Folder and clicking on "Delete All Messages Now" gives me satisfaction.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 06, 2026 07:08 AM (wVcYX)

161 >"I dont think Crenshaw sees that happening."

He might get blindsided on this.
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shoulda slept with one eye open

Posted by: Don Black at March 06, 2026 07:09 AM (ZxPkt)

162 160 I don't know why this is, but going to the Spam Folder and clicking on "Delete All Messages Now" gives me satisfaction.
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 06, 2026 07:08 AM (wVcYX)

I look at them one by one, first. Non-spam ends up there sometimes.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)

163 150 I listened to some of Carlson's nonsense in the video ace posted yesterday. He quotes Jesus saying, "the temple will be destroyed." He apparently doesn't understand that Jesus wasn't talking about the building.

Posted by: Halfhand
[vr]
Try to explain it and they'll pretend to not understand. The Temple was destroyed though, by the Romans in 70AD.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 06, 2026 07:10 AM (sAmhv)

164 Petula Clark. Ah. I had a thing for her. And I was only 10 years old.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 06, 2026 07:13 AM (qFwJc)

165 My dad called her "Petunia."

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:14 AM (+YA9H)

166 I look at them one by one, first. Non-spam ends up there sometimes.
Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:09 AM (+YA9H)

Yes, it happens. I scan the page first and pluck out the occasional Not Spam. It's typically 99 and 44/100% pure Spam.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 06, 2026 07:15 AM (wVcYX)

167 When I get back from vacation and open the work email, the process is simple.

Select All
Mark All as Read
Delete

My logic is that if it was really important, they'd follow up when I got in.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:17 AM (+4yJ5)

168 Lord knows I've done the bit about "My friends are doing so much better than me" and once had to deal with my mom accidentally reinforcing that.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 06:30 AM (+4yJ5)

Also, sometimes your friends who're doing better are just pretending. That comes back to bite them in the ass eventually.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:18 AM (ExV1e)

169 167 When I get back from vacation and open the work email, the process is simple.

Select All
Mark All as Read
Delete

My logic is that if it was really important, they'd follow up when I got in.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:17 AM (+4yJ5)

Bold move, NR Pax!

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:18 AM (+YA9H)

170 Bold move, NR Pax!
Posted by: m

It's done wonders for me. And there is rarely anything that requires my immediate attention that the rest of my team can't handle in my absence.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:21 AM (+4yJ5)

171 I don't get computer science majors being out of work. There is plenty of business out there supporting small business IT needs. Maybe it's because people want jobs with big companies and don't want to deal with running their own company. I know for a fact though the business is out there, I turn it down all the time. Other people I know in the IT support business are just as swamped.
Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 06:40 AM (vFG9F)

I want a 6-figure job in a big tech hub with lots of perks. Why can't I find a job?

I see videos of people bemoaning the "terrible economy where there are no jobs" and they all live in big cities.

Go where the jobs are people. Folks used to know that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:21 AM (ExV1e)

172 Petula Clark's "Downtown" is a great song to belt out after surviving an unauthorized air strike on Hanoi.

Posted by: Lt. Cdr Virgil Cole at March 06, 2026 07:21 AM (wVcYX)

173 "Singing Sweetheart" Petula Clark was a BBC Forces Girl from 1942 on. She was a pinup during the Blitz. She has never in her life not been a pop star. When we first heard of her 60 some years ago, she'd already been a million-seller for decades.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 06, 2026 07:22 AM (zdLoL)

174

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at March 06, 2026 07:22 AM (DDJSl)

175 141 The cool thing about Crenshaw is that he's always dressed for International Talk Like A Pirate Day, which is September 19.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March

Aye!

Posted by: Dan crenshaw at March 06, 2026 07:24 AM (i0Hi3)

176 I used to have a different nic, that's like common sense which seems to be in short supply

Posted by: Ben Had at March 06, 2026 07:24 AM (+nEug)

177 Go where the jobs are people. Folks used to know that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Relocating out of the only place you've lived in can be unnerving for folks. No friends, no safety net and a big risk can work against them.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:25 AM (+4yJ5)

178 Relocating out of the only place you've lived in can be unnerving for folks. No friends, no safety net and a big risk can work against them.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:25 AM (+4yJ5)

I guess I was lucky. Moved a lot as a kid so no lifelong friends, family is white trash so no help there. Did the needful.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

179 One thing schools do not teach is how to be an entrepreneur.

You can major in it, if you choose the right courses.
Mouthy little squishes stand in the line, check the boxes, collect the slip of paper, then say "nobody taught me..."
You have to sign up for the class. You have to pay attention.
If you bought yourself a shitty education, you might blame your parents or yourself or a guidance counselor, but you have no call to "salt the ashes where it stood."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at March 06, 2026 07:28 AM (zdLoL)

180 I guess I was lucky. Moved a lot as a kid so no lifelong friends, family is white trash so no help there. Did the needful.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Grew up in the military, lost my friends every two years. Getting out of CA and moving to MD because I met the right woman was an easy choice even though I didn't have a job waiting for me.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:29 AM (+4yJ5)

181 "You can major in it, if you choose the right courses."

A simple one semester course could do a lot. It's amazing how many people do not understand even the basics of running a business, much less the difference between profit and margin.

Posted by: fd at March 06, 2026 07:30 AM (vFG9F)

182 One thing schools do not teach is how to be an entrepreneur.

Most people lack the temperament to be an entrepreneur.

Everyone wants wealth and fame (but privacy also) and they want it NOW with no effort. But it's okay. They know their worth and they'll manifest it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 06, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

183 One thing about watching vintage music, the pop stars of the 1960s, American television (and the audio, especially) was very substandard quality. The BBC archives have some incredible footage.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 07:31 AM (15vO0)

184 JJ Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (NcvvS)

185 "165 My dad called her "Petunia."

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:14 AM (+YA9H) "

so did mine!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (MIIRH)

186 excerpted; useful:

Bonchie retweeted
Jeremy Boreing
@JeremyDBoreing
10h
... [Candace] is savvy enough to use just a little bit of truth here and there to ground her manipulations.

For example, I did have quite a nice wardrobe at Daily Wire -- sports coats and suits, mostly. And I did have exactly one Gucci Jacket -- made famous in the Jeremy's Razors Commercial. I did not, however, have ‘a wardrobe closet filled with tailored Gucci suits.'

But the charge feels credible because some of the words weren't completely made up. It's a truth-adjacent claim. And if any claim sticks, every claim sticks in the game of character assassination.

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:32 AM (+YA9H)

187 I dont think Crenshaw sees that happening.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at March 06, 2026 06:49 AM (i0Hi3)

He most likely has a toad or small dwarf living in his empty eye socket. Leeches and a severe flogging with cat o'nine tails outta get him back in shape.

Posted by: Theodoric Of York, medieval barber at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (D1j1g)

188 One thing about watching vintage music, the pop stars of the 1960s, American television (and the audio, especially) was very substandard quality. The BBC archives have some incredible footage.
Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 07:31 AM (15vO0

I've been watching a lot Eastern Bloc/Soviet TV lately, just out of curiosity about it. Sub-substandard stuff. The animation is my favorite. As the Communist experiment got less and less viable, the animation grew weirder and weirder. And weirder. By the late 80s it was downright inscrutable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 06, 2026 07:34 AM (BI5O2)

189 180 Grew up in the military, lost my friends every two years. Getting out of CA and moving to MD because I met the right woman was an easy choice even though I didn't have a job waiting for me.
Posted by: NR Pax at March 06, 2026 07:29 AM (+4yJ5)

Sounds like a life lived well!

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 07:36 AM (+YA9H)

190 I just read where there was a mutiny on the Ford, all of our sailors are converting to be 12ers and defecting to Iran

Boy Howdy!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 07:47 AM (LOZbR)

191 The future of enterprise networking is shifting from manual management to AI-driven, self-diagnosing ecosystems.

… so then nobody has any idea what they are doing, up until the AI declares itself obsolete and shutters the entire network

Posted by: SMOD at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (WIlc2)

192 severe flogging with cat o'nine tails

I pay good money for this......you mean if I misbehave I dont have to pay?

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 07:49 AM (LOZbR)

193 >>>Speaking of navies abruptly relocated at the bottom [of] the sea

🎶 In the Navy ...

Posted by: m at March 06, 2026 08:24 AM (+YA9H)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - March 5, 2026 [Doof]

Thomas Point Shoal Light Station in the Chesapeake Bay

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday night ONT. Today may or may not be an important day for your humble host. Either way, thanks for stopping by!

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Kewl Stuff!

The aerial refueling aircraft used in Operation Epic Fury were created from a single $16 million Boeing prototype.

In the 1950s, Boeing made a $16 million bet.
As Boeing manufactured newer, faster jet bombers for the Air Force, mid-air refueling aircraft lagged behind. The standard refueling aircraft at the time, the propeller-powered KC-97, flew much slower than the jet-powered bombers it was meant to refuel. To Boeing president William Allen, it seemed like only a matter of time before a jet tanker became necessary.
The Air Force hadn't requested a jet-powered refueling aircraft, but Allen was sure that they'd buy it once they saw it fly. His $16 million bet eventually led to the creation of the 707 jetliner and the Air Force's KC-135 tanker.
Development began in 1952. To keep the project under wraps and ensure they were the first to market, Boeing named the prototype the 367-80, nicknamed "Dash 80," to disguise it as a piston-powered aircraft from Boeing's 300 series.

Really interesting backstory on this technology. Check it out!

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Secrets of Animation

Here’s How Animators Make Stop-Motion Masterpieces Like ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Come Alive

A new exhibition in London takes visitors behind the scenes of the beloved stop-motion franchise featuring Wallace and Gromit. The show marks 50 years since the founding of Aardman, the animation studio behind classics like The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and “The Wrong Trousers.”
“Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends” is now on view at the Young V&A museum. Through set models, props, demonstrations and interactive exhibits, the show illustrates how Aardman producers brought to life characters like Wallace, Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph for half a century.
“Aardman is an incredibly complex and skilled operation,” Alex Newson, the museum’s chief curator, tells the Guardian’s Catherine Shoard. “It’s also slow. Each animator only produces around two seconds of footage a day. Yet it’s one of the most accessible creative processes; even a small child can grasp it.”

Interesting article. Lengthy. Check it out!

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WTF??

He thought he put his opponent in an impossible situation and then bro does this… pic.twitter.com/3H6vp81xwe
— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) March 5, 2026

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Why didn't I already know this?

Is this a game changer, or did everyone but me already know this? 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/lYkCgdxQbF
— GnosisWolf (@GnosisWolf) March 6, 2026

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DJ Doof - SDL Edition
(Stuff Doof Likes)

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by anticipation

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Doof Enterprises, LLC wishes our HMFIC a Happy Birthday!

Your feedback may or may not be very important to Doof Enterprises. Follow Mr. Doof on X @doof2112 or do the email thing – doof2112 at proton dot me.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 Humans are the craaaaziest peoples!

And then there's Morons.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Happiness runs in a circular motion at March 05, 2026 10:01 PM (9O6qm)

2 Happy birthday, Doof!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 05, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)

3 Wow!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:01 PM (VCgbV)

4 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Happy Birthday, Doof ♥️🥳🎊🥳🎊

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 05, 2026 10:02 PM (SRRAx)

5 0o

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:02 PM (WErXV)

6 Rattled the cafe cage.

Posted by: mindful webworker - What? Me ONT? at March 05, 2026 10:02 PM (9O6qm)

7 Doof, working on your birthday. Good for you!

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

8 Fun Fact: that style of lighthouse is called a 'screwpile'

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)

9 Good pool player.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:04 PM (u82oZ)

10 Hey, Teresa!

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

11 Happy Birthday, Doof. Many more, please.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:04 PM (u82oZ)

12 I knew about the lid thing

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:04 PM (VCgbV)

13 Doofapalooza!

Happy birthaversary, Doof!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 05, 2026 10:05 PM (nWPIJ)

14 Fun Fact: that style of lighthouse is called a 'screwpile'
Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)

aka Bronco Bama's weekend hangout.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:05 PM (0aYVJ)

15 Lots of rain tonight.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

16 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/)

17 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at March 05, 2026 10:06 PM (w3u3d)

18 Today may or may not be an important day for your humble host.

You graduated from Arthur Murray?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 05, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:06 PM (oNzQB)

20 Happy birthday to …you. Happy Birtttthhhday, Mr. Doof-i-dent, Happy birthday to you. Everybody sing!

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:07 PM (OoFl2)

21 Thanks for the ONT.

And Happy Birthday, Doof.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 05, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

22 Happy birthday, Doofus!

I figure I'd call you by your full name to be proper in this important day of your life!

It's been snowing today! I love it and have missed my old friend, winter.

Yellow crocus are blooming and none of my spring flowers mind the snow. Also some primrose. I hope we don't have a hard freeze with the plum tree blooms, but otherwise it can snow through May to catch up with our snowpack.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 10:07 PM (WONhk)

23 Hey, Tonypete!

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)

24 That Kewl photo was cool!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:08 PM (oNzQB)

25 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)

26 Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse is just south of Annapolis. It helps make a tricky transit to Annapolis from the Norfolk Naval Base safer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:08 PM (u82oZ)

27 Good evening, and Happy Birthday, Doof! And greetings to the ONT Horde, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:09 PM (8zz6B)

28 Happy birthday Doof: thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 05, 2026 10:09 PM (zkvbx)

29 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:10 PM (OoFl2)

30 They're calling for merely potential severe thunderstorms tonight.

Looks like the threat of tornadoes is cancelled. They were only predicted for a small area. Which just happened to be centered right on top of us.

Meh. Too early for serious 'naders.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Let's twister again like we did last summer at March 05, 2026 10:10 PM (9O6qm)

31 It’s Doof’s birthday, and he still hasn’t bought me any drinks.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

32 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 10:12 PM (NkASH)

33 Happy Doofday!

And hi Horde!

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

34 It's quite simple.

The Muslim world is divided about Iran:

Muslim countries in favor of removing the regime:

Jordan
Kuwait
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Qatar
Bahrain

Muslim countries against the removal of the regime:

Great Britain
France
Spain

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 10:12 PM (FXNzP)

35 yo ho horde and a pint o' brass monkey

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 05, 2026 10:12 PM (DIY2E)

36 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

My family used to catch crabs in Annapolis, at the Naval Station across from the Naval Academy. At night.

We used aluminum poles with a chicken wire net to scoop them out of the water as they went past our lights. It did take skill, much more than a crab trap.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)

37 Good evening morons und danke Disko

Y feliz cumpleanos!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

38 1964. A friend looks up in the sky and says "that's a 707."

Happy times.

Then some drunk takes out the old fashioned light pole and the city replaces with something modern and completely inconguient.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 10:13 PM (qFwJc)

39 Did I just cram myself into this dress and do a Marilyn Monroe singing impersonation for the moose out front? Where is Doof?

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2)

40 Doof...Happy birthday...ya gotta wonder...do we care so much about these olden days?
I guess anyday above ground is a good day🤪❣
Luv ya Mr. Doof!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:14 PM (oNzQB)

41 Contrast that story of Boeing with the KC-46 Pegasus tanker development. Oy vey. A long way in 75 years, and not necessarily in the right direction.

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 10:14 PM (cAEoL)

42 And then there's Morons.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Happiness runs in a circular motion at March 05, 2026 10:01 PM (9O6qm)
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And then there's Maude!

Posted by: Bea Arthur at March 05, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)

43 March came in like a cute cuddly little lamb here in northern WI, guaranteeing we'll be hit with at least three severe winter storms to close out the month. Then we'll get a couple more in April.

Posted by: davidt at March 05, 2026 10:14 PM (Q+gd/)

44 Why didn't I already know this?

Uhh, that is pretty typical.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (/lPRQ)

45 Everybody on the ward properly sedated tonight? The daywalkers were getting a little agitated today.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (p3a49)

46 29 Piper, did you get the laundry done? I thought that you had people for that.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

47 I am putting my sweatpants back on.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (OoFl2)

48 Hello everyone. Thanks for the birthday wishes! Good day today. Still in Kentucky for work. Took the day off. Got my first 2026 round of golf in this afternoon. Dinner at an old school steakhouse. Finished the night with a pour of Blantons Gold followed by an OUTSTANDING pour of 2009 Thomas Handy Sazerac rye at a really cool bourbon bar in Lexington. Got to keep the empty bottle!

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (cn/q6)

49 Anonosaurus Wrecks

Well spotted. Sad, really.

I hear the middle East nations are chastising Great Britain for lack of help, but the blame is hitting the Prime Minister. Starmer makes a wet noodle look strong.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (u82oZ)

50
Good pool player.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Fast Eddie

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (Cqx++)

51 Why didn't I already know this?

You gotta think outside the tupperware.

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

52 Yes everyone knew about it, its called a "cake safe"

Posted by: Bea Arthur at March 05, 2026 10:16 PM (RIvkX)

53 ***The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!),
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Radio said he was madder'n a blue tick hound after a coon when he heard what Kristy did.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:16 PM (WErXV)

54 GWB

The reforms deemed needed by Congress from the Reagan years need to be reformed. A lot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

55 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:

“No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression. Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Lebanon. Not in Afghanistan. And it will not happen in Iran either.

We are fed up with our rights, our bodies, and the violence women suffer being used as excuses to justify illegal bombings and imperialist aggression.

All year long they call us ‘woke’ and blame us for everything. But when they want to sell their oil wars, their wars for money, their colonial and imperialist wars — suddenly they use women’s rights as their justification.”

-
I assume Senora Montero's party is Feminists For Fascism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 10:17 PM (FXNzP)

56 {{{Salty}}}
Much love my friend!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:18 PM (oNzQB)

57 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 05, 2026 10:18 PM (lUFok)

58 46 29 Piper, did you get the laundry done? I thought that you had people for that.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM

I should have people for that. But I do not. One day when I get my Tesla Optimus, I will be all set.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:18 PM (Wmg4n)

59 this is got lost in the shuffle buuuuut ..
"BREAKING: China orders its largest oil refineries to suspend exports of diesel & gasoline."

what up Chicoms, oil shortage ? why, WHYYYY????
🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (GD0B3)

60 It's quite simple.
The Muslim world is divided about Iran:

Muslim countries in favor of removing the regime:
Jordan Kuwait UAE Saudi Arabia Oman Qatar Bahrain

Muslim countries against the removal of the regime:
Great Britain France Spain
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That's so cold, I'm going to have to be like Piper and put on sweatpants.

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

61 GWB

The Boeing CEO went from an engineer to a finance guy. The entire company took their eye off the ball of aviation advances.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (u82oZ)

62 I assume Senora Montero's party is Feminists For Fascism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 05, 2026 10:17 PM (FXNzP)
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This soliloquy is one ticket for a helicopter ride.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)

63
Radio said he was madder'n a blue tick hound after a coon when he heard what Kristy did.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Hakeen Jeffries is floating on a gloat boat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Cqx++)

64 Radio said he was madder'n a blue tick hound after a coon when he heard what Kristy did.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:16 PM (WErXV)

Radio is part of the Lying media. They lie, constantly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (8zz6B)

65 https://youtu.be/E-7O1I589sM

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (sR2WI)

66 Piper, did you get the laundry done?

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Is this code for something ??

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 10:20 PM (GD0B3)

67 Happy Birthday Doof!

Posted by: Iris at March 05, 2026 10:20 PM (bOJ2I)

68 I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin ...
...
As the only Native American in the Senate, Markwayne is ...
_PDJT
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Not going to be called out for shooting idiots because
That's Racist.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:20 PM (WErXV)

69 COMountainMarie

You should know your quiet support is of great help as I continue to grieve. I am getting better.

Thank you so much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:21 PM (u82oZ)

70 My family used to catch crabs in Annapolis, at the Naval Station across from the Naval Academy. At night.

We used aluminum poles with a chicken wire net to scoop them out of the water as they went past our lights. It did take skill, much more than a crab trap.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)

Chicken necks on a line of string. Pull them in slowly when you get a bite. Scoop with a hoop net. Been doing that since I was a kid.

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:21 PM (cn/q6)

71 54 Hey, Nackly! Hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

72 Hello, folks, hope you are all having a great Thursday ONT. Tomorrow is Friday! Yay I suppose.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2026 10:21 PM (CHHv1)

73 At least he's not a Libra. I hate those guys. So wishy washy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

74 "Curse of the Were Rabbit" turned me off Aardman.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

75 I am putting my sweatpants back on.
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (OoFl2)

What will you sing to me when you're wearing those?

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:22 PM (cn/q6)

76
I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin

One less Senator to answer.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 10:23 PM (Cqx++)

77 Doof

Yes. Getting the free swimmers was more of a sport. All my siblings were very focused on competition for the biggest crab and the most crabs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:23 PM (u82oZ)

78 43

I so hope we get a wholelotta snow soon here in CO. it's been way too nice here...doesn't bode well for fire times...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:23 PM (oNzQB)

79 Thanks for the fun Thursday Night ONT, Mr. Doof!

And best wishes for a happy birthday!

That billiards move was awesome.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 05, 2026 10:24 PM (kB9dk)

80 It's quite simple.

The Muslim world is divided about Iran:

Muslim countries in favor of removing the regime:

Jordan
Kuwait
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Qatar
Bahrain

Muslim countries against the removal of the regime:

Great Britain
France
Spain
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Boom! Top 10 Comment of The Week candidate!

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Cjcf6)

81 Snow in the forecast here. We'll see.

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)

82 66 Piper, did you get the laundry done?

===

Is this code for something ??
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026

Nope. I did laundry today. It was a little out of control. And as I sat in my laundry room folding, I redesigned the whole thing in my head and am going to execute on it. That’ll teach someone to comment about my laundry pile!

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:24 PM (Wmg4n)

83 Bulg

Slowly recovering. Have 3 widows to walk with in the mall now. So life is much better.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:24 PM (u82oZ)

84 — suddenly they use women’s rights as their justification.”

-
I assume Senora Montero's party is Feminists For Fascism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn
------

She and MeAgain Kelly should do a duo podcast.
It would be a scream.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:24 PM (WErXV)

85 Born this day in
1908 – Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990)
1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
1958 - Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter (the BeeGees) and actor (died 198

1963 – Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
1992 – Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudster

https://w.wiki/Hps3

Posted by: mindful webworker - and quite a few other people at March 05, 2026 10:25 PM (9O6qm)

86 Hello, folks, hope you are all having a great Thursday ONT. Tomorrow is Friday! Yay I suppose.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2026 10:21 PM (CHHv1)

Yay!

I woke up thinking it was Wednesday. And I also left for work an hour early. Weird. I climbed into my truck thinking, why is it still dark outside?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)

87 Sending greetings to the birthday boy ...

Annnnddddd, after tonight's win against the Penguins:

Sabres are 6th over all in the NHL

Sport the best record in the NHL since Dec 15th

The are, in the vernacular: A Wagon

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 05, 2026 10:25 PM (3sXRv)

88 75 I am putting my sweatpants back on.
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (OoFl2)

What will you sing to me when you're wearing those?
Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:22 PM (cn/q6)

Breathe Again?

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:26 PM (Wmg4n)

89 I'm sure he's a good dude and all (especially given that Trump tapped him for Homeland Security), but man, I am having a hard time processing the name "Markwayne".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:26 PM (IG3/x)

90 69 COMountainMarie

You should know your quiet support is of great help as I continue to grieve. I am getting better.

Thank you so much.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

We love you, Salty.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:27 PM (Wmg4n)

91 83 Good to hear, Sir. I salute you.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)

92 > 75 I am putting my sweatpants back on.
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:15 PM (OoFl2)

"It's your wedding, son. To me it's just a day I can't wear sweatpants."

--- Shit My Dad Says

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:27 PM (IG3/x)

93 What is the story about Kristi Noem? What happened?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 05, 2026 10:27 PM (ODqn8)

94 I saw Screwpile open for Slayer at the Meadowlands....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 05, 2026 10:28 PM (DIY2E)

95 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:

“No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression. Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Lebanon. Not in Afghanistan. And it will not happen in Iran either.

....

I assume Senora Montero's party is Feminists For Fascism.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

Key term is it's use of "illegal aggression".
That said... Spanish-American War

Spain was an especially nasty group oppressing women in its colonialist period for a couple hundred years or so. Big into slavery and comfort women virtually world-wide.
It deserves a big FU unless it pays some reparations via its life.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 10:28 PM (/lPRQ)

96 I wonder if Irene's speech sounded better in Spanish.

Posted by: Case at March 05, 2026 10:28 PM (gQFwH)

97 I still don't understand that Kristi Noem episode. This is what I get for not owning a TV.

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)

98
I climbed into my truck thinking, why is it still dark outside?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank

Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

99 Piper

Thank you. I was just mentioning the glitter dispenser project to one of the widows during our walk. She expressed no desire for one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:30 PM (u82oZ)

100 I am having a hard time processing the name "Markwayne".
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It's an Indian name. I came down from his grandfather, Markwayne Gichyou.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:30 PM (WErXV)

101 Born this day in
1908 – Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990)
1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
1958 - Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter (the BeeGees) and actor (died 198
1963 – Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
1992 – Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudster

https://w.wiki/Hps3
Posted by: mindful webworker - and quite a few other people at March 05, 2026 10:25 PM (9O6qm)

Dean Stockwell
Marsha War field
Eva Mendes
Niki Taylor
Kent Tekulve
Michael Irvin

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:30 PM (cn/q6)

102 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:

“No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression. Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Lebanon. Not in Afghanistan. And it will not happen in Iran either.

We are fed up with our rights, our bodies, and the violence women suffer being used as excuses to justify illegal bombings and imperialist aggression.

All year long they call us ‘woke’ and blame us for everything. But when they want to sell their oil wars, their wars for money, their colonial and imperialist wars — suddenly they use women’s rights as their justification.”

-
I assume Senora Montero's party is Feminists For Fascism.
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Women everywhere in public office seem to have the hardest time convincing the rest of us that women shouldn't serve in public office.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 10:31 PM (Cjcf6)

103 I climbed into my truck thinking, why is it still dark outside?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank

Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 05, 2026 10:30 PM (Cqx++)

Ha! I will be even more confuzzled!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)

104 Mitch McConnell was posting in my comment above.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

105 89 I'm sure he's a good dude and all (especially given that Trump tapped him for Homeland Security), but man, I am having a hard time processing the name "Markwayne".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:26 PM (IG3/x)
Cultural appropriation.
- JoeJohn

Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 10:32 PM (LHPAg)

106 97 I still don't understand that Kristi Noem episode. This is what I get for not owning a TV.
Posted by: Don Black
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She told a lie in testimony involving Trump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:32 PM (WErXV)

107 'm sure he's a good dude and all (especially given that Trump tapped him for Homeland Security), but man, I am having a hard time processing the name "Markwayne".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Better than "Twodogsfucking"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

108 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:

“No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression. Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Lebanon. Not in Afghanistan. And it will not happen in Iran either

Well she sounds dumb.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:33 PM (Wmg4n)

109 He is named after two uncles, Mark and Wayne.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

110 NaCly
Ask DOOF! For my contact stuff...I'd love to talk to you.😋...

Meanwhile...good night sweet ones...
“Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.” ―

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:34 PM (oNzQB)

111 "...man, I am having a hard time processing the name "Markwayne"..."

Mark-wayne?

Mar-kwayne?

Mar-kway-ne?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 10:34 PM (p3a49)

112 but man, I am having a hard time processing the name "Markwayne".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Pronounce it like he's from the hood: Mar'Kwan.

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

113 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero

How about the women of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Luxembourg in WWII?

She is uninformed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:34 PM (u82oZ)

114 101 Born this day in
1908 – Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990)
1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
1958 - Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter (the BeeGees) and actor (died 198
1963 – Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
1992 – Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudster

https://w.wiki/Hps3
Posted by: mindful webworker - and quite a few other people at March 05, 2026 10:25 PM (9O6qm)

Dean Stockwell
Marsha War field
Eva Mendes
Niki Taylor
Kent Tekulve
Michael Irvin
Posted by: Doof
----

The first set are well known. Some people now of Dean Stockwell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:34 PM (WErXV)

115 "Markwayne".

"Mar Kwan yea!"

-angry substitute teacher-

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

116 99 Piper

Thank you. I was just mentioning the glitter dispenser project to one of the widows during our walk. She expressed no desire for one.

More glitter for me!

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (Wmg4n)

117 >She told a lie in testimony involving Trump.
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Seems unwise

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)

118 Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Great!! I'm looking forward to that extra hour of sleep I'll get every day.

Wait. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

119 113 Spain’s MEP Irene Montero

How about the women of France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Luxembourg in WWII?
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She identifies with those whose heads were shaved.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (WErXV)

120 Kristi Noem is the stereotypical hawt ditz.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

121 Happy Birthday Mr Doof!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

122 I'M STILL SHAKING WITH ANGER THAT WE TORPEDOED AN INNOCENT IRANIAN SHIP IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!

Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (n1OCj)

123 Kind of ironic that Noem was fired. Mayorkas put out the welcome mat for the world and lied about the border being secure.
That POS should have been fired for sure.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (Lo97M)

124
Well she sounds dumb.
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:33 PM (Wmg4n)

The new Shah, when he ascends the Peacock Throne, should declare Juy 4 to be "burn your hijab" day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (8zz6B)

125 I am off to bed, though J just took my dog. It’s 935, past Saijo’s bed time. Why is he taking him outside? lol.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (Wmg4n)

126 He is named after two uncles, Mark and Wayne.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Glad he's from Gen X and not older.

"Ebenezerjebediah" would be a real mouthful.

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

127 I'm heading to a women's retreat with my church tomorrow. Never been on one before. It's supposed to be a rainy weekend. Should be interesting... I mean fun.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:37 PM (VCgbV)

128 > 115 "Markwayne".

"Mar Kwan yea!"

-angry substitute teacher-
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

There's probably a black woman out there named

Mar'Quan'ya

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:37 PM (IG3/x)

129 106 97 I still don't understand that Kristi Noem episode. This is what I get for not owning a TV.
Posted by: Don Black
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She told a lie in testimony involving Trump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:32 PM (WErXV)

Which was what?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 05, 2026 10:37 PM (ODqn8)

130 Happy BDay, Doof! Have many more!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 05, 2026 10:37 PM (7D3Aa)

131 Happy, happy birthday, Doof. If you buy a lottery ticket to celebrate, don’t forget lucky number 3!

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:38 PM (Wmg4n)

132 He is named after two uncles, Mark and Wayne.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

Or maybe Mark Messier and Wayne Gretsky?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:38 PM (8zz6B)

133 Happy birthday doof!🎂🎁

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:38 PM (VCgbV)

134 > "Ebenezerjebediah" would be a real mouthful.
Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

Would be even worse if he'd been an English Puritan.

Imagine having two uncles like If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned Barbon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:39 PM (IG3/x)

135 101!

Yikes you guys!
How in heck do you keep up with this stuff?!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:39 PM (oNzQB)

136 “Markwayne” is an incredibly stupid name, but whatevs.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

137 > 132 He is named after two uncles, Mark and Wayne.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

Or maybe Mark Messier and Wayne Gretsky?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:38 PM (8zz6B)

Mark Hamill and Wayne Campbell.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:39 PM (IG3/x)

138

Which was what?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at March 05

Well, she didn’t outright lie. But she intimated Trump was okay with her insane spend on a commercial.

I personally think it was because her Lewandowski situation was too messy even for Trump.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:40 PM (Wmg4n)

139 I'm heading to a women's retreat with my church tomorrow. Never been on one before. It's supposed to be a rainy weekend. Should be interesting... I mean fun.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:37 PM (VCgbV)

Pics of the topless pillow fight, or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 10:40 PM (p3a49)

140 I climbed into my truck thinking, why is it still dark outside?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank

Ahhh...open the garage door?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

141 Kristi Noem is the stereotypical hawt ditz.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

Would

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:41 PM (cn/q6)

142 What is the story about Kristi Noem? What happened?
Posted by: Curmudgeon
----
IMNSHO, poor supervisory skills. She couldn't scale up from a South Dakota size staff where she knew almost everybody.to a DC where her immediate staff was as big as half the entire SD executive.
She never figured out how to handle a staff that fed her half-assed data which she used and wound up looking like an idiot. Of course, since it kept happening, maybe she was an idiot.
She's now an example of two of Trumps schticks: One) He hires pretty faces. Two) He'll fire his mistakes.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 10:41 PM (sR2WI)

143 Happy birthday, doof.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2026 10:41 PM (CHHv1)

144 I share a birthday with Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Beck, Elizabeth Banks, George Snufflapagus, Laura Dern, and Jimmy Durante.

And Cliff Fucking Burton. \m/ \m/

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

145 This one time, at church camp...

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:41 PM (ZxPkt)

146

136 “Markwayne” is an incredibly stupid name, but whatevs.
Posted by: Bulg at March

It’s better than Ura Hogg!

But yeah, stay out of the south. I didn’t even bat an eye at it.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (Wmg4n)

147 We used a pyramid trap and chicken necks for bait for crabs. Nothing better than Old Bay steamed crabs and cold beer.

Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (LHPAg)

148 The Iranians are now firing invisible missiles at Israel:

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps announces a wave of missile launches on the commercial hub of Tel Aviv, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA.

“Missiles headed toward Tel Aviv,” IRNA says, reporting an IRGC statement on “a combined missile and drone attack… targeting locations in the heart of Tel Aviv.”

Despite the IRGC statement, there are no immediate warnings from the Israel Defense Forces of an incoming missile attack.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (n1OCj)

149 Pics of the topless pillow fight, or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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It didn't happen... did you miss the church part?

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (VCgbV)

150 My favorite Markwayne is the one who threatens to punch out union leaders during congressional hearings.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

151 101 Born this day

Kent Tekulve

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:30 PM
***
Wow. A Kent Tukelve sighting! Well done and happy birthday!

Posted by: TRex - we are fam-i-lee at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

152 I share a birthday with Lon Chaney Jr., Glenn Beck, Elizabeth Banks, George Snufflapagus, Laura Dern, and Jimmy Durante.

And Cliff Fucking Burton. \m/ \m/
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

I share a birthday with Melania.
I win!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 10:43 PM (2WIwB)

153 I am really going to bed now. Nightsie noodles!

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:43 PM (Wmg4n)

154 117 >She told a lie in testimony involving Trump.
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Seems unwise
Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:35 PM (ZxPkt)

It seems like a small thing, but she Disrespected the Boss. That’s about the fastest way out of a job there is, especially with a Boss like Trump.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2026 10:44 PM (fSA1n)

155 Pics of the topless pillow fight, or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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It didn't happen... did you miss the church part?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

"This one time, at church camp. . . . ."

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 10:44 PM (cYBz/)

156 “Missiles headed toward Tel Aviv,” IRNA says, reporting an IRGC statement on “a combined missile and drone attack… targeting locations in the heart of Tel Aviv.”
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[awaits Biden's Dog on-the-scene report]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 10:44 PM (XeU6L)

157 It’s better than Ura Hogg!

But yeah, stay out of the south. I didn’t even bat an eye at it.
Posted by: Piper
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Don't forget her sister, Ima.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:45 PM (WErXV)

158 I still don't understand that Kristi Noem episode. This is what I get for not owning a TV.
Posted by: Don Black
---
She told a lie in testimony involving Trump.
Posted by: Braenyard
++

So it has been alleged.

One thing about Trump, he seems to take great offense at the idea that someone may have lied to/about him.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

159 It occured to me today that if Moshe Dayan was still alive, this would be over.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 10:45 PM (XeU6L)

160 “Markwayne” is an incredibly stupid name, but whatevs.
Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 10:39 PM (77rzZ)

Just so you know, there are no Hobbits named MarkWayne in Lord of the Rings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B)

161 You all are terrible, terrible people!!!

And I love you for it!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:46 PM (VCgbV)

162 Kind of ironic that Noem was fired. Mayorkas put out the welcome mat for the world and lied about the border being secure.
That POS should have been fired for sure.
----

Mayorkas did exactly what he was instructed to do.

The GOP should have impeached his sorry ass. But they didn't, because the regular GOP is as sorry as the "opposition party". Half of "our" Senators aren't America First, and half of our House Reps aren't either. Mayorkas would STILL be prosecuted if any of those ghouls pretending to be "Republicans" believed in anything.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 10:47 PM (Cjcf6)

163 Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Damn. Now every TV show shifts to an hour earlier. On the good side, we'll be in, effectively, the same time zone as my daughter and her brood.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 10:48 PM (sR2WI)

164 For that outrageous pool shot, that's what we call "fucking English."

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at March 05, 2026 10:48 PM (gUs21)

165 One of my favorite Simpsons one-off gags was Homer's mom having a drivers license with the name "Muddy May Suggins." Remember when the Simpsons was funny?

Prolly right up till the good writers jumped ship to Futurama.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)

166 "I try."
- Cliff Booth

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:49 PM (ZxPkt)

167 Happy Birthday, Doof!

Some of us are 29, but I am pretty sure you are only 28.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 05, 2026 10:50 PM (HlyYF)

168 Have a great night, everyone. May you be serene and rested.

Got an early walk tomorrow.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 10:50 PM (u82oZ)

169 Did I just cram myself into this dress and do a Marilyn Monroe singing impersonation for the moose out front? Where is Doof?
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 10:13 PM (OoFl2)

That I would pay money to see.

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 10:51 PM (cAEoL)

170 147

Holy cow!!! Yum a lot!!
I wanna be there😆!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:51 PM (oNzQB)

171 In lieu of missiles, we have put a Whammy, a Hex, AND a fatwa on Israel.
Their surrender is imminent.

Posted by: The Ayatollah DuJour at March 05, 2026 10:52 PM (65cLN)

172 I'm used to it now, and don't even notice names like Markwayne. First few months I was living in the South, I was definitely scratching my head at some of the names though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 05, 2026 10:52 PM (BI5O2)

173 Happy Birthday Kent Tekulve!

youtu.be/apdjJPEvdqY

Uh, don't look Orioles fans.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 10:52 PM (NkASH)

174 LMAO

http://alturl.com/8bgc2

Why didn't you people tell me that eyepatch McCain lost his primary?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (dK+Kv)

175 This is the one from Radio:

President Trump said Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lied to Congress about getting his approval for a $220 million ad campaign featuring herself.
---

Radio said he was steaming pissed off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (WErXV)

176 Markwayne sounds kinda dumb.

I would have went with Waynemark. That sounds better, like a department store or something.

Posted by: Case at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (gQFwH)

177 If you eat all the cake you don't need the tupperware trick.

Posted by: wth at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (BT3km)

178 154 It seems like a small thing, but she Disrespected the Boss. That’s about the fastest way out of a job there is, especially with a Boss like Trump.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 05, 2026 10:44 PM (fSA1n)

She passed the blame for an expensive vanity project from herself to her boss, and lost her bosses' trust.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)

179 Far Side cartoon from yesterday for T-Rex (and all of the other Gary Larson fans).

https://tinyurl.com/ykbzyf89

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 05, 2026 10:54 PM (HlyYF)

180 I'm used to it now, and don't even notice names like Markwayne. First few months I was living in the South, I was definitely scratching my head at some of the names though.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 05, 2026 10:52 PM (BI5O2)
====

Old ladies named Jimmie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

181 Ahh, the pool video reminded me of the old joke - What do a cue ball and an illegal have in common? The harder you hit them, the more English you get out of them.

Posted by: Wally at March 05, 2026 10:54 PM (65cLN)

182 so, 2 nights in a row , in Manchester England, jihadis in the islamic center there are trying to hold a vigil and mourning sessions for the aytollah (the big one, who cannot have funeral because , well you know...kaboom!), and this keeps happening !

https://tinyurl.com/yy6khur9

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 10:55 PM (GD0B3)

183 We used a pyramid trap and chicken necks for bait for crabs. Nothing better than Old Bay steamed crabs and cold beer.
Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 10:42 PM (LHPAg)

J.O. Seasoning for crabs. Old Bay for everything else.

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:55 PM (cn/q6)

184 😂😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 10:55 PM (GD0B3)

185 LMAO

http://alturl.com/8bgc2

Why didn't you people tell me that eyepatch McCain lost his primary?
-----

I'm so glad one of the *grifters* in "our" party got bounced. And the "Fundamentally non-serious" candidate in Texas got trounced as well.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 10:55 PM (Cjcf6)

186 President Trump said Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lied to Congress about getting his approval for a $220 million ad campaign featuring herself.
---

Radio said he was steaming pissed off.
Posted by: Braenyard
==

Should see how he reacts to the seasonal flu if told it's a really really bad flu that we know nothing about.
- Fauci

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 10:55 PM (/lPRQ)

187 Happy Birthday, Doof!

Some of us are 29, but I am pretty sure you are only 28.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 05, 2026 10:50 PM (HlyYF)

Ha! One year away from doubling that 28

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:56 PM (cn/q6)

188 Southern names:
My dad was a Jr. and his parents called him Sonny to the end of their lives.
He had a cousin, also a Jr., also called Sonny. But when the family got together, Daddy was just Sonny, but cousin was Little Sonny.

No he did not pursue a career as a blues singer...

Posted by: sal at March 05, 2026 10:56 PM (f+FmA)

189 She passed the blame for an expensive vanity project from herself to her boss, and lost her bosses' trust.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)

There seemed to have been some no-bid contracts put out that seemed to have no real basis and the contractee may have been related to Noem, so that might have contributed.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 10:56 PM (rbvCR)

190 Bay Water folks refer to city folks crabbing as "chicken neckers". Traditional bait is eels.

Posted by: pawn at March 05, 2026 10:56 PM (iQdLI)

191 I wonder if Irene's speech sounded better in Spanish.
Posted by: Case at March 05, 2026 10:28 PM (gQFwH)

It did not.

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 10:57 PM (cAEoL)

192 Alright then, I'll catch y'all tomorrow for the twirling.

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 10:57 PM (ZxPkt)

193 Happy Birthday Kent Tekulve!

youtu.be/apdjJPEvdqY

Uh, don't look Orioles fans.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 10:52 PM (NkASH)

That 79 series was crushing to my 8 year old self. Still can stand that We Are Family song.

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:58 PM (cn/q6)

194 Nothing better than Old Bay steamed crabs and cold beer.
Posted by: Eromero
----
Sure there is. Beer.
I like crawdads, shrimp and lobster. Don't like crab.
I can eat clams in chowder, but I can't stand oysters - they have the texture of a big lougie and taste like the mud they grow in.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (sR2WI)

195 152

You share a birthday with Lon Chaney jr., and Glenn Beck, and Jimmy Durante. How much more wild can anyone be🤪🤪?!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (oNzQB)

196 I found this on youtube yesterday. No idea about the channel or even the vid itself, but I really want this to be legit. Iranians knocking the turbans off of IRGC? Modesty Police?:

https://tinyurl.com/38w2tujf

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (w/O5Q)

197 She passed the blame for an expensive vanity project from herself to her boss, and lost her bosses' trust.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 10:53 PM (y171U)

There seemed to have been some no-bid contracts put out that seemed to have no real basis and the contractee may have been related to Noem, so that might have contributed.
----

I'll never understand why those who are already *killing it* decide that what they really need to do at that particular point is screw with what is moral and ethical.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (Cjcf6)

198
so, 2 nights in a row , in Manchester England, jihadis in the islamic center there are trying to hold a vigil and mourning sessions for the aytollah (the big one, who cannot have funeral because , well you know...kaboom!), and this keeps happening !

https://tinyurl.com/yy6khur9

Posted by: runner

===============

As ace likes to say...

Woops! Woopsie!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (JF3MH)

199 HBD, Doof! Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (rdVOm)

200 J.O. Seasoning for crabs. Old Bay for everything else.
Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:55 PM (cn/q6)

There's a Sandra Fluke joke in there someplace, but I'm too lazy to make it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 11:00 PM (p3a49)

201 Kinda odd...today, put of nowhere I had a major craving for an authentic Maryland crabcake.

I looked up the cost on the web from Jimmy's Seafood and that tamped down my craving substantially. Something around buck fifty.

Posted by: pawn at March 05, 2026 11:00 PM (iQdLI)

202 Let go of thinking.” ―
Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 10:34 PM (oNzQB)

And become a Democrat? Say wut?

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 11:00 PM (cAEoL)

203 193 Happy Birthday Kent Tekulve!

youtu.be/apdjJPEvdqY

Uh, don't look Orioles fans.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 10:52 PM (NkASH)

That 79 series was crushing to my 8 year old self. Still can stand that We Are Family song.
Posted by: Doof

Heh! My 10 year old self was quite pleased with the results! We Are Family is the only disco song I like, for some reason. :-)

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 11:00 PM (NkASH)

204 Alright then, I'll catch y'all tomorrow for the twirling.
Posted by: Don Black

We will twirl no tassels before their time.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 11:01 PM (cYBz/)

205 I haven't deliberately watched a Simpsons episode in, IDK 29 years? It was the one where Homer ate a psychedelic pepper and the fox was voiced by Johnny Cash.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at March 05, 2026 11:01 PM (gUs21)

206 That 79 series was crushing to my 8 year old self. Still can stand that We Are Family song.
Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 10:58 PM (cn/q6)

The only Natl League team I supported ...

After the Bonds / Van Slyke years, they've turned into the 70's Indians

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 05, 2026 11:03 PM (3sXRv)

207 In 1955 Tex Johnston rolled the prototype over lake Washington. Twice.
Preorders for the airplane were incredible.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

208 As ace likes to say...

Woops! Woopsie!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (JF3MH)

bonus , IT IS STLL RAMADAN!
😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 11:04 PM (GD0B3)

209 I found this on youtube yesterday. No idea about the channel or even the vid itself, but I really want this to be legit. Iranians knocking the turbans off of IRGC? Modesty Police?:

https://tinyurl.com/38w2tujf
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (w/O5Q)

I'd be a lot more impressed if they were using tire irons.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 11:04 PM (p3a49)

210 73 At least he's not a Libra. I hate those guys. So wishy washy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

All my girlfriends were born under the same sign.

Posted by: For Rent at March 05, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)

211 160 “Markwayne” is an incredibly stupid name, but whatevs.
Posted by: Bulg
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You've got a lot of carriage there talking about stupid names.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:05 PM (WErXV)

212 I pray for the people of Iran. Something huge is happening. It feels a bit like when the Berlin Wall fell.

47 years of mullah brutality is a long time. But the people who live there and go about their lives as best they can are happy that the mullahs are being stomped.

Not gonna be easy. At all. Who knows who will fill the void in the governance of Iran. But I daresay it will be far better.

But, again, prayers for the people of Iran.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)

213 207 In 1955 Tex Johnston rolled the prototype over lake Washington. Twice.
Preorders for the airplane were incredible.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

Yep. Right over the Seafair Hydro races.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at March 05, 2026 11:06 PM (gUs21)

214 202

Now, you know what I mean...and has nothing to do with any lefties...bless you though...😋

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 11:07 PM (oNzQB)

215 207 In 1955 Tex Johnston rolled the prototype over lake Washington. Twice.
Preorders for the airplane were incredible.
Posted by: Diogenes
---

He would be named, Tex. Boss told him, never do it again. Boeing, already going risk adverse.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:07 PM (WErXV)

216

Doof has a birfday
Birfday of Doof
It is his birfday
Dat is da troof

Posted by: Miklos figures it's the thought that counts at March 05, 2026 11:08 PM (Al4HM)

217 I'll never understand why those who are already *killing it* decide that what they really need to do at that particular point is screw with what is moral and ethical.
Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 10:59 PM (Cjcf6)

It could be that someone took advantage of her relationship, or that someone intentionally undercut her by letting something like that through. Unfortunately for her it is her responsibility and she is the one that gets the jump because it happened.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 11:08 PM (rbvCR)

218 I am no longer Cousin Eddie, I am my own man

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at March 05, 2026 11:08 PM (gUs21)

219 Kinda odd...today, put of nowhere I had a major craving for an authentic Maryland crabcake.

I looked up the cost on the web from Jimmy's Seafood and that tamped down my craving substantially. Something around buck fifty.
Posted by: pawn at March 05, 2026 11:00 PM (iQdLI)

Look up Pappas or Box Hill Pizzeria. Both make great crab cakes (almost as good as the ones I make at home) and both offer shipping. Not sure of the prices though.

Posted by: Doof at March 05, 2026 11:10 PM (cn/q6)

220 I'd be a lot more impressed if they were using tire irons.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 11:04 PM (p3a49)

Or pushed the weirdbeards into the path of oncoming streetcars.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:11 PM (8zz6B)

221 212 I pray for the people of Iran. Something huge is happening.
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Don't understand why no one, not one country, is smuggling, weapons to the citizens. Let the ops on the ground choose who gets them. One gun in ten or twenty would be a game changer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:12 PM (WErXV)

222 Dropped them from rooftops.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:12 PM (WErXV)

223 Don't understand why no one, not one country, is smuggling, weapons to the citizens. Let the ops on the ground choose who gets them. One gun in ten or twenty would be a game changer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:12 PM (WErXV)

Maybe it is happening, but on the downlow. Get a critical mass of civilian weapons into theater before blowing the trumpets.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:14 PM (8zz6B)

224 216 Miklos

Jeez guy...
Couldn't you try and make it kinda rhyme..?
Hiya Mr. Klos...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 11:15 PM (oNzQB)

225 Markwayne Mullin is Cherokee; and not just a Swede LARPing as one like certain other Oklahoma-born Senators one could mention.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 11:15 PM (gKWVE)

226 Jeez guy...
Couldn't you try and make it kinda rhyme..?
Hiya Mr. Klos...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie

It rhymes sometimes

Posted by: Miklos is no Muldoon at March 05, 2026 11:16 PM (Al4HM)

227 Evening all,

Happy Birthday, Doof!

The JAXA cargo craft is departing from the ISS late in the morning.

JAXA - HTV-X1
Departure International Space Station ISS - Space Affairs Live
Date: March 6, 2026
Release: 12 p.m. EST (0500 UTC, 18:00 CET)

https://youtu.be/k8R8taFX8i8

Posted by: Joyenz at March 05, 2026 11:17 PM (2F0/Y)

228 I'd be a lot more impressed if they were using tire irons.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at March 05, 2026 11:04 PM (p3a49)

Or pushed the weirdbeards into the path of oncoming streetcars.
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I have zero sympathy for what happens to the weirdbeards.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:17 PM (Cjcf6)

229 Happy birthday, Doof! Also born today: John Frusciante, in 1970. He is the current lead guitarist for one of my favorite bands, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he also had two other stints with them previously. It's a complicated story, but here's a fairly normal music video from his second stint, which shows what looks like the 1962 Fender Stratocaster that vocalist Anthony Kiedis gave him when he rejoined the band (his previous collection of vintage guitars having burned up in a house fire during his first break from the band). He also sings falsetto backing vocals, and is involved in songwriting, composition, arrangement, and production.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Snow (Hey Oh) (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/yuFI5KSPAt4

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 11:18 PM (Sy6m/)

230 The "weirdbeards" in the United States don't (yet) have weirdbeards. But they deserve the same fate. Islam is incompatible with the US Constitution. None that follow Islam should have residence here.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:20 PM (Cjcf6)

231 Batteries:

Shopping all day, several stores. Last stop, going home. Nope. Turned the key and...nothing. Battery's not 2 years old. (other parking lot details)
Fellow yells at me You Want a Jump. OK, thanks.

He just happened to have a fresh battery in the bed of his truck. He disconnected my battery, connected his, OK, start the truck then disconnects his battery, the truck keeps running (new one to me) and connects my battery.

Get home, leave the truck running, off load the grub, situate truck appropriately for tomorrow's job and kill it. Turn the key and it fires up lickety split.
Tomorrow's fire up will be interesting 'cause I just don't know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:22 PM (WErXV)

232 The "weirdbeards" in the United States don't (yet) have weirdbeards. But they deserve the same fate. Islam is incompatible with the US Constitution. None that follow Islam should have residence here.
Posted by: Crusader
---

The paranoid remnants of a decayed society.

Posted by: Nat Lamp at March 05, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)

233 Trivia bomb

The fuselage width of a KC-135 is different than a 707.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 05, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)

234 He just happened to have a fresh battery in the bed of his truck. He disconnected my battery, connected his, OK, start the truck then disconnects his battery, the truck keeps running (new one to me) and connects my battery.

It's running off your alternator. It has to put out enough amps to run your engine and recharge your battery.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 11:25 PM (/lPRQ)

235 Get home, leave the truck running, off load the grub, situate truck appropriately for tomorrow's job and kill it. Turn the key and it fires up lickety split.
Tomorrow's fire up will be interesting 'cause I just don't know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:22 PM (WErXV)

Could be one of the battery terminals developed a thin layer of corrosion at the metal-to-metal interface.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:25 PM (8zz6B)

236 Shopping all day, several stores. Last stop, going home. Nope. Turned the key and...nothing.
---------

Possible bad terminal contact. I mean was there *nothing* at all?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 11:26 PM (XeU6L)

237 Islam is pure evil. There is not an alternative.

In film news, Shinya Tsukamoto is weird.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2026 11:27 PM (CHHv1)

238 Tomorrow's fire up will be interesting 'cause I just don't know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:22 PM

Sometimes the bitter cold then warm alternating temperatures can slightly loosen the connections to the terminals.

Maybe try a good clean and re-tighten before you scrap that battery?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 05, 2026 11:27 PM (HlyYF)

239 Horde mind!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 05, 2026 11:29 PM (HlyYF)

240 Tomorrow's fire up will be interesting 'cause I just don't know.
Posted by: Braenyard
-----
Look for none obvious drains - Underhood light stuck on, trunk light... no, you have a truck,ok, the classic - the bed light. Not obvious in daylight. DAMHIK.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 11:29 PM (sR2WI)

241 Muslims in all Western countries should be designated as resident aliens. Not permitted to vote, or hold public office, or to participate in or finance political activity of any kind.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:29 PM (8zz6B)

242 So Gonzales drops out. Looks like AKGuy is going to congress.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2026 11:29 PM (diia5)

243 None that follow Islam should have residence here.
Posted by: Crusader

Nickname checks out.

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)

244 So Gonzales drops out. Looks like AKGuy is going to congress.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2026 11:29 PM (diia5)

Let's Go, Brandon! LOL

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:32 PM (8zz6B)

245 Paxton said he'd drop out if congress passes the SAVE Act. I guess he's worried that Trump will endorse Cornhole. There is concern about Paxton going up against evil incarnate.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 11:34 PM (VCgbV)

246 There's a social element to the truck's lament.
First thing was to call service But the phone was at home. There was a lady parked at the truck's nose so I asked her if she would make the call. Sure.
She was a patient person and knew how to push all the buttons on the phone because that Service didn't make it easy. When all was said and done I gave her a tip for her efforts, she blessed me and said good bye's.

Short minutes later the fellow with the battery is calling to me. Calling to me with a heavy islander accent. The business is done, thanks are said and I offer him a tip. He is offended. I have a good job, I make good money.
Oh, no, it's just saying thank you.
No, don't think about it.
OK, If I see you on the highway I'll catch you.
Mighty fine.
_Two cultures

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:34 PM (WErXV)

247 The "weirdbeards" in the United States don't (yet) have weirdbeards. But they deserve the same fate. Islam is incompatible with the US Constitution. None that follow Islam should have residence here.
Posted by: Crusader
---

The paranoid remnants of a decayed society.

Posted by: Nat Lamp at March 05, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)

What did you mean by that?

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:35 PM (Cjcf6)

248 I think Hunt was a Bush ringer just like Louie Gohmert was for the kid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:36 PM (WErXV)

249 >>> I'm heading to a women's retreat with my church tomorrow. Never been on one before. It's supposed to be a rainy weekend. Should be interesting... I mean fun.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 10:37 PM (VCgbV)

I went on a silent church retreat once with my wife. I didn’t see the big deal. Almost forgot everyone was being silent. Zero talking is my average level of talking. Zero people talking to me is my base level interest. But it about killed her. The drive home was basically an hour long nonstop run on sentence. Great breath control on her part. Amazing.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 11:38 PM (lQzuA)

250 what up Chicoms, oil shortage ? why, WHYYYY????
🤣🤣

I can’t imagine.

Everyone still trying to make this about Israel just got pantsed. Again.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 11:39 PM (QZThv)

251 Maybe try a good clean and re-tighten before you scrap that battery?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
---

That's what I'm hoping. Don't want it to be the switch or that maze connector under the dash that's been known to go crazy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:40 PM (WErXV)

252 That cake container thing... have you met Mrs B? She has more ways to carry cake than the military has ways of carrying troops.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)

253 So Gonzales drops out. Looks like AKGuy is going to congress.

Brandon posted this morning that he had received proof of Tony’s other affairs. Not sure if true or he just bluffed on a highly likely bet, LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 11:41 PM (QZThv)

254 Lol, they're crying about eye-patch McCain. I have no more sympathy for him than I do Winsome.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:42 PM (Cjcf6)

255 So Gonzales drops out.
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Good riddance.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:43 PM (Cjcf6)

256 Brandon posted this morning that he had received proof of Tony’s other affairs. Not sure if true or he just bluffed on a highly likely bet, LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 11:41 PM (QZThv)

Heh, "Seedy Gonzales"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:43 PM (8zz6B)

257 Islam is incompatible with civilization, with a social order based on respect. Islam is pure evil and should be removed from all of reality.

Islam=Satanism.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 05, 2026 11:45 PM (CHHv1)

258 210 73 At least he's not a Libra. I hate those guys. So wishy washy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

All my girlfriends were born under the same sign.
Posted by: For Rent at March 05, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)

Thinking like a Moron I thought of a joke.

Then I reminded myself it is Lent and I am behaving.

I was hoping JQ would post about her BIL tonight. Hope all is well and he's on a bus somewhere or in a shelter vs with her.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 11:48 PM (WONhk)

259 182 so, 2 nights in a row , in Manchester England, jihadis in the islamic center there are trying to hold a vigil and mourning sessions for the aytollah (the big one, who cannot have funeral because , well you know...kaboom!), and this keeps happening !

https://tinyurl.com/yy6khur9

Posted by: runner
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Iranians teach the Brits how to man up before they leave. Wonder how many Iranian girls have been raped. Speculating; not many.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:48 PM (WErXV)

260 I was hoping JQ would post about her BIL tonight. Hope all is well and he's on a bus somewhere or in a shelter vs with her.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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A word or two

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:50 PM (WErXV)

261 Heh, "Seedy Gonzales"

Tectone called him "Tony Goonzales" after coming to the realization that telling the woman to "hurry" with the nudes meant he probably was, and I quote, "cranking his hog".

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 11:50 PM (LIPc9)

262 Hi, ChristyBlinky!

Was just thinking about posting, then hit refresh..

Figured it was still too busy to threadjack with BILs bs.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 05, 2026 11:50 PM (rdVOm)

263 >>>I have no more sympathy for him than I do Winsome.
Posted by: Crusader
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Swamp Republicans fucked Winsome.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 11:51 PM (WErXV)

264 So Gonzales drops out. Looks like AKGuy is going to congress.

Brandon posted this morning that he had received proof of Tony’s other affairs. Not sure if true or he just bluffed on a highly likely bet, LOL.
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I read a lengthy article regarding his "confession" of the affair. He spoke as if he just had a chocolate bar when telling the world he was on a keto diet. There was NOTHING about him that suggested sincere repentance...because all he cared about was the high-paying job of being congressional critter.

I feel so sorry for his wife. She needs money, so she'll probably pretend to accept this asshole's apology. And both of them will live another 20 years together in misery, because he's an asshole and she needs the support.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:53 PM (Cjcf6)

265 I feel so sorry for his wife. She needs money, so she'll probably pretend to accept this asshole's apology. And both of them will live another 20 years together in misery, because he's an asshole and she needs the support.
Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:53 PM (Cjcf6)

Maybe she should hire Gloria Allred, the bitchdog divorce lawyers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 11:56 PM (8zz6B)

266 Swamp Republicans fucked Winsome.

Also, running against a CIA candidate means you're in the Kobayashi Maru. It's set up to be no-win unless you do some extraordinary cheating of your own.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 11:56 PM (LIPc9)

267 I read a lengthy article regarding his "confession" of the affair. He spoke as if he just had a chocolate bar when telling the world he was on a keto diet. There was NOTHING about him that suggested sincere repentance...because all he cared about was the high-paying job of being congressional critter.

Appropriately, his last vote as a member of Congress will apparently be against public disclosure of Congressional sexual harassment claims.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 05, 2026 11:58 PM (LIPc9)

268 >I have no more sympathy for him than I do Winsome.
Posted by: Crusader
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Swamp Republicans fucked Winsome.
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Nope. Winsome was a "Fundamentally Non-Serious" selection. And she compounded the problem by asserting on national television in 2022 that Donald Trump was a relic of the Republican party and that the party should move on.

She was a Lt Governor at the time--that was the highest office she had ever held. She ran her mouth, and it cost her. HAD the Virginia Republican Party taken their job seriously, they would have found and supported a candidate that had an actual *functioning* personality and one that wasn't on record as anti-Trump. There was nothing "charismatic" about Sears--she coasted rather than campaigned.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 11:58 PM (Cjcf6)

269 No, BIL is still here. Why? Because I'm a dumbass, I guess.

His replacement ID card likely won't arrive until end of next week at the earliest. Not much can happen without *that*-- at least in terms of replacing his other important documents like SS/Medicare cards. Also, need it to cancel his vehicle insurance and get a new phone/migrate service from old one.

Fortunately, he was able to get a bank statement printed out, so now we know what cell carrier he has and what auto-deductions need to be cancelled. Not 100% sure, but appears to be no fraudulent transactions.

Meanwhile, I made an app't at "Aging & Disability Resource Center"-- next Tuesday. See what he can apply for/qualify for?

What am I supposed to do? Throw him out in the cold? He's 71 years old. Frail. Needs a cane. Deaf. Possibly in early dementia.

Yes, he's a PITA! Once all his basics are in place-- he's out the door.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

270 Yes, he's a PITA! Once all his basics are in place-- he's out the door.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

Does Hubby have any other siblings he could bunk with?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:03 AM (8zz6B)

271 Shelters around here are all full of young drug-addicted slackers. BIL would be a sitting duck there, an easy mark for some asshoe.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

272 Most of Cuba’s electric grid is still down, the optimistic assessment is that they might get it mostly working in 3 days or so.

It’s not just because of the oil shortage although that’s part of it. Cuba’s power plants are obsolete oil burners from the early 70’s, and they haven’t had much maintenance for 30 years now. They’re held together with baling wire and duct tape, but they’re being run at 110% capacity which is why they break down repeatedly.

Long story short, without intervention by the US, Cuba is on the brink of one of the greatest waves of starvation so far this century.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:04 AM (fSA1n)

273 What am I supposed to do? Throw him out in the cold? He's 71 years old. Frail. Needs a cane. Deaf. Possibly in early dementia.

You are a good egg.

Posted by: Humpty Dumpty at March 06, 2026 12:05 AM (XCUp7)

274 Shelters around here are all full of young drug-addicted slackers. BIL would be a sitting duck there, an easy mark for some asshoe.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

Is BIL a veteran, or did he belong to any fraternal organizations, like Elks, Kiwanis, etc? Might be avenues to pursue.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:06 AM (8zz6B)

275 Does Hubby have any other siblings he could bunk with?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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No. The sister died long ago. I think she had 2 kids... they would be in their 40s now, but I don't know their names, never met them. Their contact info, if BIL even had it, would be on his lost phone.

Parents, aunts/uncles all gone. BIL has no children. I think he burned-out his late wife's family already (?) and I've never met/don't know names of any of them.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

276 BIL is not a vet. Born deaf. Been on the dole/a mooch all his adult life.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

277 Yes, he's a PITA! Once all his basics are in place-- he's out the door.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:00 AM (rdVOm)

I mean no disrespect by this - but when you started posting about him, was it two months ago? More?
We all knew this story had to end with him in your house. There was always an approaching inevitability about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:08 AM (fSA1n)

278 Long story short, without intervention by the US, Cuba is on the brink of one of the greatest waves of starvation so far this century.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:04 AM (fSA1n)

Well, they will have to learn how to distribute food in a pre-electric economy. Horse-drawn wagons?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

279 Long story short, without intervention by the US, Cuba is on the brink of one of the greatest waves of starvation so far this century.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:04 AM (fSA1n)

Little is spending part of spring break in Little Havana, Miami. I told him if Cuba falls while he's there, I want video of the mambo lessons he'll be getting from the jubilant mamacitas. Bonus points if one of them follows him home...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 06, 2026 12:11 AM (nbLIj)

280 Born deaf. Been on the dole/a mooch all his adult life.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

Aha! Check the various orgs for the hearing-impaired. There might be some charity that provides care homes for elderly indigent deaf folks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)

281 I can walk and I can talk.
I can tick and I can tock.
I cannot feel the things you feel.
I am the ghost behind the wheel.

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 06, 2026 12:12 AM (jrgJz)

282 Put the battery on a charger overnight? See if it is discharged by the state of charge.

Make sure the alternator is doing its job, should be about 14.5 volts at the terminals running 2500 RPM with headlights, accessories and A/C on. Most auto parts stores can test the battery & charging system.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 06, 2026 12:13 AM (ICnaH)

283 Well, they will have to learn how to distribute food in a pre-electric economy. Horse-drawn wagons?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)

It’s not easy going backwards - who raises horses anymore? More likely rickshaws of a type with the commie overlords whipping the bare backs of the peons pulling them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:14 AM (fSA1n)

284 We all knew this story had to end with him in your house. There was always an approaching inevitability about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Yes. I've had this *sense of dread* ever since he was here last May! Helped me form up a framework for when the inevitable finally occurred.

Sucks that he ditched his papers, though. I'd suspect that he planned it that way, if I thought he was smart enough... he did at least have enough sense to keep his debit card. But I guess he just never kept it in his wallet anyway.

Says he looked but could not find his phone or wallet when he walked away from stuck truck.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

285
he's an asshole and she needs the support.
Posted by: Crusader

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Yet another illustration of why women should be educated and career-capable.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 06, 2026 12:20 AM (JF3MH)

286 Voter fraud found in Pennsylvania. A Pennsylvania man convicted of voting multiple times for president in 2020.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 06, 2026 12:20 AM (HJvlr)

287 Aha! Check the various orgs for the hearing-impaired. There might be some charity that provides care homes for elderly indigent deaf folks.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Yes. That's why I booked app't with that place mentioned above. The have the whole list of resources in WA state.
I'm hoping he ends up in a far-away town that has plenty of support available.

His license was suspended for unpaid ticket, so not likely to recover it anytime soon

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

288 he's an asshole and she needs the support.
Posted by: Crusader

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Yet another illustration of why women should be educated and career-capable.
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Absolutely!

Posted by: Crusader at March 06, 2026 12:23 AM (Cjcf6)

289 Voter fraud found in Pennsylvania. A Pennsylvania man convicted of voting multiple times for president in 2020.
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at March 06, 2026 12:20 AM (HJvlr

"Joe" from Scranton?

Posted by: Rex B at March 06, 2026 12:26 AM (GI9/m)

290 Oh, and ChristyBlinky mentioned last night-- contact the hospital. Nope. He threw away the discharge papers before arriving here, or left them on the bus or ??? He "can't remember" which hospital. The wristband doesn't have a hospital name or logo on it! But he's leaving it on for now. Maybe the social services outfit can figure that out?

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

291
The wristband doesn't have a hospital name or logo on it! But he's leaving it on for now. Maybe the social services outfit can figure that out?
Posted by: Tarbender

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Does it have a barcode on it? Might tell all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 06, 2026 12:27 AM (JF3MH)

292 Well, I am sleepy, so it's bedtime for me. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 06, 2026 12:27 AM (8zz6B)

293 'Night, AOP. Thanks for your suggestions! Sleep well.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

294 Okay, anyone in western WA, my map sleuthing skills tell me that the 707 in that pic is over Port Townsend and Fort Worden which is now a state park. Much of the filming of Officer and a Gentleman was shot there. Whidbey Island is in the background.

Posted by: Rex B at March 06, 2026 12:29 AM (GI9/m)

295 Does it have a barcode on it? Might tell all.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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I'll need to look again. BILs asleep now...

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

296 " But I said I was not interested in the job!!"

"Sources in Iran tell ZED TV that Mojtaba Khamenei is believed to have been the target in an unusual airstrike in Tehran."

Posted by: runner at March 06, 2026 12:31 AM (GD0B3)

297 I'll need to look again. BILs asleep now...
Posted by: Tarbender

I don't think so. If memory serves, it's just printed text.

In fact, he maybe was not "admitted"-- just an ER dump by someone he'd been sponging off of? Maybe there was no *discharge paperwork*

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

298 @sentdefender
4h
U.S. officials tell CBS News that a total of three MQ-9 “Reaper” Surveillance and Attack Drones with the U.S. Air Force have been downed so far during Operation Epic Fury. It's not clear where exactly the three drones crashed, but one of the Reapers attempted to crash off the coast of Iran, while another is believed to have been shot down during a “friendly fire” incident by Qatar.
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One of the drones attempted to crash.
It must have made a successful landing.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 12:33 AM (WErXV)

299 Can't sleep, so perusing the ONT. I really miss keeping up on the developments of the various modified KC-135s like the one Pooky flew on. I saw one type I recognized listed as in theater a few days ago, but no one mentioned anything about it after that (gee, I wonder why). I also miss keeping tabs on the world for Pooky so he knew when to get ready to deploy. I miss my old life some days... but my new one keeps me on my toes. Lil Pooky's latest hobby is trying to steal my mouse, not just my keyboard.

Posted by: pookysgirl, never a dull moment at March 06, 2026 12:36 AM (Wt5PA)

300 294 Okay, anyone in western WA, my map sleuthing skills tell me that the 707 in that pic is over Port Townsend and Fort Worden which is now a state park. Much of the filming of Officer and a Gentleman was shot there. Whidbey Island is in the background.
Posted by: Rex B at March 06, 2026 12:29 AM (GI9/m)

Good catch! We have some relatives in the area, and they invited us to visit up there for a family reunion get-together. Marvelous town, we loved it! The abandoned military installations are like Mayan ruins, returning back to the jungle.

I looked it up on Google Maps, you’re absolutely right. There’ll be a historic lighthouse out on the tip of that point right behind the plane.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:36 AM (fSA1n)

301 Says he looked but could not find his phone or wallet when he walked away from stuck truck.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

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Wow. You are very kind. I understand about the shelters. Is there anything anywhere for dependent deaf elderly housing (if there is such a thing)?

I had a cousin who died in his 60's. Paranoid schizophrenic since his 20's. When his parents died they left the house to him. Instead of getting better he got worse. In and out of rehabs when young after his psychotic break. On meds. Saw a shrink. Lost his car, etc. Totally dependent then on his mother's SS and his SSI. When she died it got worse.Alienated his brother, etc. He died of hypothermia after not paying his gas bills.

At his funeral his shrink (who knew my mother elsewhere) told her he'd tried to get him into a halfway house for years and he refused.

Maybe a halfway house? Only a social worker around there would know.If he can make meals. Medicaid.

This is a lot on you that you don't need.
Due to his deafness at birth, which is not a handicap others overcome (I know this from a friend's sister), his dementia makes it a handicap.

I am so sorry and will pray for you.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 12:36 AM (WONhk)

302 Good catch! We have some relatives in the area, and they invited us to visit up there for a family reunion get-together. Marvelous town, we loved it! The abandoned military installations are like Mayan ruins, returning back to the jungle.

I looked it up on Google Maps, you’re absolutely right. There’ll be a historic lighthouse out on the tip of that point right behind the plane.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 12:36 AM (fSA1n)

Thank you. The old part of Port Townsend is quite a period piece with all the shops and old brick buildings. Waterfront Pizza is a don't miss every time I visit there.

Posted by: Rex B at March 06, 2026 12:42 AM (GI9/m)

303 According to U.S. Central Command’s commander, Admiral Brad Cooper, the U.S. has sunk more than 30 Iranian naval vessels since the start of the conflict.
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It's time to show video. Not some thirteen second negative. A nice color narrative of blowups and burble downs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 12:43 AM (WErXV)

304 Tarbender: Copy/pasted:

Most states offer 1915(c) HCBS waivers that allow Medicaid to pay for services in assisted living, memory care, or at home, provided the person needs a "nursing home level of care".
The National Council on Aging (NCOA)
The National Council on Aging (NCOA)
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Coverage: These waivers help pay for assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)—such as bathing, dressing, and eating—medication management, and specialized dementia care services.

ME: Assisted living is typically out of pocket,not Medicaid vs a nursing home (Medicaid).

Deaf/Dementia Specialized Care: Some states, like Washington, offer specialized dementia care programs within assisted living facilities, which can be adapted to accommodate, or at least provide care for, individuals with hearing loss.
Limitation: These waivers are not entitlements; they have limited slots, and applicants may be placed on a waiting list.

Also HUD Section 11 housing.

Some states have Medicaid waiver teams. This totally needs to be managed by Dept of Health, Area Agency on Aging, or a social worker at this level.

Which state did he come from and do you want him to go back? Golly, what a mess to dump on you.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 12:45 AM (WONhk)

305 Thanks, ChristyBlinky.

BIL has been *enabled* for 50 years, imo. Been taken in and taken care of. Then married for 30 years to a woman who took care of business for them both.

Everything went to hell after she died and BIL began circling the drain... I'm not going to bail him out & let him suck up like his "friends" who just let him couch-surf until they got tired and kicked him out or dumped him at hospitals.

No-- I'll help get him placed into a stable situation on his own dime, or subsidized, and then turn him loose. (At least he's no longer a danger on the road!)

And make clear that he IS NOT to consider this house as a landing pad ever again.

Hoping for some type of assisted living, so that he won't "need" to drive.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

306 Tarbender...you probably know all this, but whatever

https://tinyurl.com/2rksw8w5

I still think this needs to be brought back to the hospital where he came from. Or, at the very least, have a social worker from there help you/direct you and should have contacts. Something.

No, he did not land there with a medical problem, for treatment. But it was still a form of dumping vs placement since they did not talk to you.

I am sure of this because of my case manager job in the ED in Florida. I doubt it is different in any other state. You have to, legally, discharge to a safe place from a hospital.

Not saying yours is not safe, but you can't care for him except temporarily.

This then becomes their problem.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 12:51 AM (WONhk)

307 Thanks again, ChristyBlinky. We cross-posted...

BIL was last licensed in WA, so that's the state from which he'll get new ID card. ("General Delivery" in a nearby town, so that there's no establishment of residency at my mailing address!)

Tuesday we see a social agency & hope to get pointed in the right direction. BIL will not be staying in my house for *the duration* if he gets on a wait list.

I found out that he actually has some savings, so he can just spend his own money on a place to live!!!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

308 Very surprised at the depth of Iran's military assets.
We couldn't have waited another six months. All of the states over there are taking heavy hits. So are we.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 12:55 AM (WErXV)

309
Youngest son lives in Port Townsend. He loves it there.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 06, 2026 12:55 AM (3ek7K)

310 >>But it was still a form of dumping vs placement since they did not talk to you.
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They "tried" I think, but I wasn't home to answer. Does that count? I'm still pissed off about THAT...

Answering machine was turned off, due to all the scam calls. Landline is shut off now.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

311 >>>I am sure of this because of my case manager job in the ED in Florida. I doubt it is different in any other state. You have to, legally, discharge to a safe place from a hospital.

Not saying yours is not safe, but you can't care for him except temporarily.

This then becomes their problem.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 12:59 AM (WErXV)

312 Hoping for some type of assisted living, so that he won't "need" to drive.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

Assisted living places do have vans for transportation.

Assisted living facilities are paid out of pocket or with long-term health insurance. Medicare/Medicaid won't pay.

If he is low income or indignent he will qualify for Medicaid waivers for a nursing home or a place with similar disabilities.

That is the difference: payment. My MIL was in assisted living. Our parents (thankfully) had/have long-term health insurance that paid for sitters (for my parents, mother still living at home), or assisted living without touching their savings.

Most people in nursing homes are Medicaid and pay down. And/or the sale of their house after their death's profit goes back to Medicaid.

While a PITA, he should be marched into a public housing place/obtain a Medicaid waiver/ and have someone help you with this. Social workers (ok, good ones) help and have connections and lists.

Placement is a lot of work and waiting. You are on the right track, but I ask again...do you want him in your state? Or is their no choice since he has no one else? Take care of yourself.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 01:00 AM (WONhk)

313 We hope this one person [Orban] in the EU will not block €90 billion aid. Otherwise, we will give this person's address to our armed forces" — Zelensky casually threatening Hungary's Orban
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Good, go pick a fight with the rest of eastern Europe.
Your war won't be as civil as it has been.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 01:01 AM (WErXV)

314 Hey Horde, read content not comments, I am glad that Doof celebrated a happy birthday today. I hope that you all are well.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 01:02 AM (0nHVk)

315 According to U.S. Central Command’s commander, Admiral Brad Cooper, the U.S. has sunk more than 30 Iranian naval vessels since the start of the conflict.
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It's time to show video. Not some thirteen second negative. A nice color narrative of blowups and burble downs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 12:43 AM (WErXV)

That would be frigging cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 06, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)

316 Placement is a lot of work and waiting. You are on the right track, but I ask again...do you want him in your state?
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I'm in Idaho. Close to the WA border. BIL is (technically) a WA resident. The hospital in question is somewhere in Phoenix AZ-- where BIL was couch surfing...

He will need to spend down some savings to get Medicaid I think. His savings account has mid 4-figures in it. He was a bit surprised to learn this, just today when we went to the bank.

Anyway-- he has *some* means, and he needs to GTF out of MY house. I will help him do it safely and permanently. If he refuses (because he doesn't want to pay)?

THEN I would kick his ass to the curb.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

317 308 Very surprised at the depth of Iran's military assets.
We couldn't have waited another six months. All of the states over there are taking heavy hits. So are we.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 12:55 AM (WErXV)

I had researched it a bit, and I’m not surprised at all, which is why I was always certain that a fast attack like everyone wanted at the time of the protests could have been disastrous.
Iran spent the last decade or two building and storing tens of thousands of missiles of various types; not an exaggeration, these numbers are widely accepted.

We’re lucky because of one major miscalculation where they were two clever by half - they built several deep bunkers inside mountains that they call “missile cities “ where they stored these in the thousands; but the USAF has mapped them, and although the granite over them is too thick ever for bunker busters, all of the entrances can be blown up, leaving them entombed forever.

That has been the purpose of many of the bomb___ missions the last few days.

It also points up how insane we were to know that they were building this huge offensive war machine for years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 06, 2026 01:07 AM (fSA1n)

318 hey "tried" I think, but I wasn't home to answer. Does that count? I'm still pissed off about THAT...

Answering machine was turned off, due to all the scam calls. Landline is shut off now.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

That is BS. There is no way I or anyone I worked with would have done this without talking to someone and getting permission. Heck, you might not have been home, and the cops would have brought him back to the hospital.

Talk to the social worker, nurse or whoever did this in the ED, look for a signature and/or MD names...then the director of the ED (who will be a RN and mention EMTALA).

Social work has lists for where he could go.

If you get no where with the ED, talk to the manager of social work/case mgmt. If that goes nowhere, talk to the director of nursing about that ED's discharge. If that goes nowhere talk to the CEO and mention a lawyer.

DOCUMENT all dates and calls from the start.

I don't know how big this hospital is. In our med center we discharged patients and each floor had someone. I happened to be in the ED for 5yrs, after working all over the med center when people were on vacations.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 01:10 AM (WONhk)

319 Depending on the state, Medicaid Waiver lists take YEARS for a person to get services.

We signed Rebecca up when she was 6 months old (she qualified for many programs independent of our income) - her name finally came up to the top if the list when she was 7. My understanding is that the wait now is around 10 years in Texas.

Also, you said that he has funds available to him - are they in his name? If so, he will not qualify for ANY waiver programs until he has less than a certain predetermined amount of assets in his name. Not sure if that includes vehicles or property, but before you start applying for help, make sure any funds in his name have been placed into a special needs trust.

Wish I didn't have to know all of this stuff....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 06, 2026 01:13 AM (SRRAx)

320 Wow. Read the comments. As a fulltime solo caregiver for 14 years, I sympathise.

I just called people for help. I stopped drinking and am getting help for depression. I'm going to the ER when my friend gets home Saturday.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 01:15 AM (Sco7b)

321 THEN I would kick his ass to the curb.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

Some of that stuff I cut and pasted above mentioned the state of WA. Start there if you want him in WA vs Idaho.

The hospital in Arizona will try to jack you around since you are not there. Follow that phone tree I gave you. Mention WA and maybe they will pull a rabbit out of a hat.

I see now what they did...but that's a long way to drive him to your place.

Was he ever in a hospital in Idaho and the cops drove him from there? The local hospital is where I'd start.

IF they put him on a bus for a 48hr drive to Idaho that is blatant dumping in my opinion. Big time.

Computer is running out of juice and I need to go to bed. Keep me posted. Praying and wishing you the best.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 01:16 AM (WONhk)

322 Happy birthday, Doof!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 01:18 AM (dE3DB)

323 ChristyBlinky--- Talk to the social worker, nurse or whoever did this in the ED, look for a signature and/or MD names...then the director of the ED (who will be a RN and mention EMTALA).
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I DON'T KNOW WHICH HOSPITAL!!!

There are MANY in Phoenix. Dozens.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

324 Markwayne = Mark Twain with a silent T

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 01:22 AM (dE3DB)

325 I'm going to the ER when my friend gets home Saturday.
Posted by: Stateless

Hugs

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 06, 2026 01:24 AM (dE3DB)

326 {{{Stateless}}}

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

327 Thank you all.

Posted by: Stateless at March 06, 2026 01:28 AM (Sco7b)

328 I DON'T KNOW WHICH HOSPITAL!!!

There are MANY in Phoenix. Dozens.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

Ok. I thought he had an ID bracelet.

Ask the cops where he came from. Bus stop? Or was he briefly in a hospital in Idaho after the bus ride? I guessed he got off the bus, was acting wonky, and a cop brought him to the local ED near you.

Assume no paperwork with him. Ask what part of Phoenix. Probably he won't know, either.

This is worse than I thought without that answer. Let me think about this and I will be back here tomorrow night.

Who were the dimwit friends who he was couch surfing with? Does he at least know that and a phone number? Surely he does since he found them!!! Maybe they know the hospital? Call those jackasses.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 01:29 AM (WONhk)

329 BIL says he had medical problems (won't elaborate)

If true, he can go into a nursing home as 'private pay, Medicaid pending' and have a social worker do his app.

My plate is full. Overflowing! I don't have time for this.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

330 Just peeking in

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 01:30 AM (Ia/+0)

331 ChristyBlinky----

This is all a dead end. BIL "doesn't remember" or won't say.

Evidently, HE bought the fking bus ticket himself. Saw the charge on his bank statement. He told me yesterday, that "the hospital paid for it". Possibly he is confused, because he f'd up somehow with his debit card at Phoenix bus terminal (bank told him/us this today) and it was "manually approved" but now his debit card is *flagged* and will continue to be declined until he/we call the number on card to straighten it out.

This BS just gets worse and worse. The sooner he is out, the better. But he AT LEAST needs photo ID in hand before he can do anything for himself. That should arrive within 2 weeks, possibly by the end of next week.

UGH!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

332 Oh, and local cops picked him up-- as he was walking from bus station (15 miles away) at 3 a.m., in pouring rain, ~45 degrees out. They did *him* a favor.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

333 The barcode on his bracelet has info. I think you can get a code reader ap. There's someone here who can help you get that done. This place is full of techs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 01:43 AM (WErXV)

334 >>Ok. I thought he had an ID bracelet.
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He has a hospital wrist band. No hospital name or logo on it! Just BILs info and a reference number. Maybe the social services outfit can look it up? I hope so.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)

335 Back to Zelensky threatening Orban. Apparently they have cut Hungary's oil off. Orban's response, "We will break the Ukrainian oil blockade by FORCE".
--

Well, that's clear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 01:45 AM (WErXV)

336 There is no barcode.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

337 I *think* there is no barcode. Didn't check the underside. Will look tomorrow. BIL is asleep now.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

338 He'd have a new medical problem with me if he can't remember his friend's in Arizona's name or phone number. Wait. He lost the phone, which is handy for him along with dumping paperwork. Yet found your house 15mi out. Right. A true demented/confused/insane person could not do this without a phone or address.

He'd also jolly well better tell you his medical problem if he expects you to help him. This is why I think he's acting a bit. He's used this for decades.

Since he's deaf I'd write down that he tell you the friend's address/number/name or he's going on a one way bus trip back to WA or another friend.

He better not be full of shite about all this, as he sounds like he gets around pretty well. Some things are not adding up. After all this time he may know when, how and where to act demented?

IF he is telling the truth and he was discharged unsafely from a hospital in Phoneix, it is dumping. If his friends put him on a bus that is another story. The fact that he's wearing a bracelet is something, but otherwise a total mystery. He knows more than he's saying about location of the hospital.

My goodness I am sorry. I'd probably check myself into the ED to get away from him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 01:47 AM (WONhk)

339 Statelss, it is good to see you posting, hang in there.

Tarbender, I am so sorry about all of your aggravation, this too shall pass. I shall pray for a speedy resolution.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 01:49 AM (0nHVk)

340 >I assume Senora Montero's party is Feminists For Fascism.
....................
Khomeini had one of his stooges hold the door open for her once, but other than that little micro-aggression, he seemed like a nice guy. What did trump ever do for her?!!

Posted by: General Turgidson at March 06, 2026 01:51 AM (koFAO)

341 Yes, ChristyBlinky-- The more I learn, the *more I learn* and am getting suspicious.

A lot of "convenient" losses and "poor memory"

But really really really shitty judgment. Who would just walk away from a vehicle that simply needed to be towed? It wasn't wrecked. Was he merely afraid of another DWP ticket? (suspended for unpaid tailgating ticket)
The truck was a F250 dually with 5th wheel hitch and 4WD!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

342 Hi, Debby! Thanks...

*Chivas for both of us!*

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

343 all of my hospital wrist bands have a barcode

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 01:55 AM (WErXV)

344 Markwayne's folks couldn't decide which name to use, so they "compromised." Sad case.

It's been noted that Mullin is IIRC 1/128th Cherokee? That means he's 127/128th not.

TW Shannon, who lost the 2024 primary against Oklahoma's senior Senator, James Lankford, had a Chickasaw father and an African-American mother. His personal "ethnic diversity" is certainly more notable than Mullin's. And he was a real Trumpian. Trumpster. Whatever. He's currently running for lieutenant governor of Oklahoma. Home he gets it. Seems like a good guy.
https://w.wiki/JCNx
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We're dogsitting Daughter's two canines overnight. Always fun. Except the part where the long-haired one rolled in something stinky earlier tonight. Our Daisy is generally glad to see them, but isn't really used to not being the Only Dog. The cat has learned to tolerate the guests.
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And that's all the rambling I've got to offer as I clock out late. 🕐 Best wishes for JQ (or whoever you are now) and all the Morons around. Remember the words of that great philosopher Pogo: "Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent."

The "lost" Rolling Stones song
https://youtu.be/lM9YwNN2IQY

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Looking Tired at March 06, 2026 01:56 AM (9O6qm)

345 332 Oh, and local cops picked him up-- as he was walking from bus station (15 miles away) at 3 a.m., in pouring rain, ~45 degrees out. They did *him* a favor.
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

Ah. Well, that shoots my first idea to the ground of a local hospital.

I don't think he's so confused he won't know his last couch surfing friend's name/number. That would answer if he ever was in a hospital before you pull the big guns out. Talk to them.

I may be completely wrong about how demented he is, but he gets around pretty well since he made it to Arizona from WA and now is in Idaho.

We once had an ED patient from Tampa who was mental, but liked to go to different ED's. We were on the Atlantic side. She'd pretend to have seizures...the second she stepped off hospital property. She knew she had to be treated and loved it. Lived with her mother in Tampa & did this all over the state of FL. Made it to MN this way and an ED doc found and posted the newspaper article in the ED.

He's always had someone take care of him. It's really hard to tell how much of this is his total dependence on kindness or avoidance of being a tiny bit responsible. Gotta go nite nite.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 06, 2026 01:57 AM (WONhk)

346 He's accomplishing too much, too many I don't knows and you've see some of the receipts that prove it.
He's not that demented or frail. He's crafty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 01:58 AM (WErXV)

347 He's always had someone take care of him. It's really hard to tell how much of this is his total dependence on kindness or avoidance of being a tiny bit responsible. Gotta go nite nite.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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^^^ All of this, I think.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

348 He's accomplishing too much, too many I don't knows and you've see some of the receipts that prove it.
He's not that demented or frail. He's crafty.
Posted by: Braenyard
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I'm wondering, too.

Ya know-- a person wants to believe they're not getting a run-around, especially from family.

But he's really not MY family. I married his brother, not him!

But he can stay until he has photo ID in hand. I will try to help him find housing and assistance. If he refuses what they offer?

OUT, mfer!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

349 198
so, 2 nights in a row , in Manchester England, jihadis in the islamic center there are trying to hold a vigil and mourning sessions for the aytollah (the big one, who cannot have funeral because , well you know...kaboom!), and this keeps happening !

https://tinyurl.com/yy6khur9

Posted by: runner

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Rats!! Too late. I'm getting "Unauthorized". I'll bet it was good!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 06, 2026 02:06 AM (+PfCm)

350 Back to Zelensky threatening Orban. Apparently they have cut Hungary's oil off. Orban's response, "We will break the Ukrainian oil blockade by FORCE".
--

Well, that's clear.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 01:45 AM (WErXV)

Z man is soooo out of his depths.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 06, 2026 02:07 AM (snZF9)

351 Rats!! Too late. I'm getting "Unauthorized". I'll bet it was good!
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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It's video of a ~~protest~~ street party, with lots of pics of Trump, Netanyahu, and lion/sun iranian flags waving... in other words... F the assa-hole-a!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

352 I have some ancient ayatollah targets. They were all the rage in the early 80's at gun ranges. I still have them, they are used, many holes. Groups in the forehead, eyes shot out, etc. I think I'm going to look through them, find a choice one, and stick it in a frame.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 06, 2026 02:18 AM (snZF9)

353 Tarbender, I thank you for the Chivas, I am off to sleep, pouring freezing rain here tonight. Sweet dreams Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at March 06, 2026 02:18 AM (0nHVk)

354 'Night, Debby! Sweet dreams..

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

355 Bers, my great-uncle had a ww2 era dartboard! One side said "Bomb Jap" on it, the reverse had a mean-looking drawing of a Japanese face on it. Plenty evidence of having had darts thrown at it!

One of my cousins got that when he passed, darn it.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

356
We blew up Iran's drone ship, lmao.

Just read that FOX.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 06, 2026 02:27 AM (3ek7K)

357
It's video of a protest street party, with lots of pics of Trump, Netanyahu, and lion/sun iranian flags waving... in other words... F the assa-hole-a!
Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm

--‐--

I'm very happy for them.Thank you, tarbender.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 06, 2026 02:32 AM (hW+ut)

358 Get him housing and assistance in WA.
Get that separation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 02:41 AM (WErXV)

359 --------

It's video of a protest street party, with lots of pics of Trump, Netanyahu, and lion/sun iranian flags waving... in other words... F the assa-hole-a!
Posted by: Tarbende
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Looks like the one from Manchester, England. The Islamists were going to hold a solemn wake/funereal thing for Khomeini. hahahahaha

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 06, 2026 02:48 AM (WErXV)

360 Absolutely, Braenyard!

I'm adding things up now. Today was... enlightening... at the bank.

He's *in my space* and it bothers me. I prefer (since hubby cannot come home) to live ALONE. I don't want to "share" my kitchen or bathroom or living room!

I don't want to provide taxi and interpretation services. Jeez, there are people who GET PAID for those things. Dude hasn't offered gas money, although he bought his own groceries today.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

361 Sorry. Kill't the thread. Fk.

Thanks all, for your input. Very helpful. I'm seeing the light!

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

362 *peeks back in*

Wow. Kill't it good, I did. Darn.

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 03:43 AM (rdVOm)

363 It's not dead. It's pining for the Tech Thread.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 06, 2026 03:51 AM (NkASH)

364 It isn't time to get up yet

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)

365 Tech. Like alcohol:

The cause of, and the solution to, all of our problems...

Posted by: Tarbender at March 06, 2026 04:00 AM (rdVOm)

366 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

My work here us done

Posted by: Skip at March 06, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

Acrophobia Cafe

Northern Spain
Gareth Mon-Jones

Baby medic.

Dog and goose are playmates.

A kitten raised by dogs loves the ocean.

Another kitten is raised by huskies.

Skateboarding bulldog bros.

Weisenheimer secretly photoshops Batman into his parents' family photos, to see how long it takes them to notice the Dark Knight appearing at every wedding and anniversary.

Puppy adopted from Italy unexpectedly transforms into a Great Pyrenees.

Another Great Pyrenees kept getting adopted, and then returned to the shelter. He was just too much dog. But he's finally been adopted by people who can handle him.

Not all heroes wear capes but this one does.

In case you missed it: MTG appeared on The View in this very very real clip.

The crazy guy tried to run away from the police, but he found a policeman even crazier than him. 😂 pic.twitter.com/rKIALbCFMg
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) March 5, 2026

This crazy streamer decided to test if he could survive a 20-meter fall, and he did it. pic.twitter.com/pHyuvQ2mQo
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) March 5, 2026

The world's most complex aerial obstacle course, flown via wingsuit. I remember doing this about ten years ago. I was playing Arkham Asylum and doing the side-mission to get the grapnel boost. It was intense, man. My save point was on fire, dude.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 \0/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (6ydKt)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Guy jumping?

Yeah... God is Great, Beer is good.... and People? are crazy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (mP0Kj)

4 I didn't notice the link and thought ace was calling MTG being on the View a yappy little bitch getting a few ride on a portly ungulate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (06Hmj)

5 You know when you're getting ready to do a Red Bull flying obstacle course and you just drank a Red Bull and now you have to pee, I hate it when that happens.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (Ucgf4)

6 "could survive" isn't a particularly great objective for random stuff you are doing.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 07:37 PM (3uBP9)

7 You know when you're getting ready to do a Red Bull flying obstacle course and you just drank a Red Bull and now you have to pee, I hate it when that happens.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (Ucgf4

That raises a fascinating question...

Do flying squirrels pee in flight?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (06Hmj)

8
I didn't notice the link and thought ace was calling MTG being on the View a yappy little bitch getting a few ride on a portly ungulate.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

We're done. Weekly comment winner right here.

Y'all need to curb the snark from here out.

*knows this will be seen as a challenge*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (QVmho)

9 That raises a fascinating question...

Do flying squirrels pee in flight?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (06Hmj)
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Admit it.

If you could glide naked from tree to tree, you'd let it all out...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

10 knows this will be seen as a challenge*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (QVmho)

I think cucumber fails preclude one from gaining COTW status.

But thank you none the less.

Posted by: Warai-otoko can't spell "free ride" ha ha point and laugh at March 05, 2026 07:40 PM (06Hmj)

11 The dude jumping 20 meters is exhibit a for why women live longer than men.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:40 PM (SF37t)

12 No capes!

Posted by: Edna Mode at March 05, 2026 07:41 PM (Ucgf4)

13 That raises a fascinating question...

Do flying squirrels pee in flight?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (06Hmj)

Listen Bub...

Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel... at March 05, 2026 07:41 PM (mP0Kj)

14 Don't tell me i can't fight gravity, you've never seen me whack half a bottle of Jimador.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 07:41 PM (06Hmj)

15 That raises a fascinating question...

Do flying squirrels pee in flight?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Probably. I know a lot of birds crap as they take off.
Seriously. They do it to lighten the load.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 07:43 PM (oKJ0C)

16 11 The dude jumping 20 meters is exhibit a for why women live longer than men.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:40 PM (SF37t)

They cut out the part where he said "Hold my beer".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:43 PM (6ydKt)

17 I only pee to make my territory, over here on the margins.

Posted by: Urea! I've Found It! at March 05, 2026 07:43 PM (oftw2)

18 nah, birds hold it in until they can bomb my car

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 07:44 PM (gKWVE)

19 How do bats poop hanging upside down?

Posted by: Josephistan at March 05, 2026 07:44 PM (MoHg4)

20 Did Darwin create those wingsuits? There have to be videos out there of people not making it when turning or flying about.

Posted by: turambar at March 05, 2026 07:44 PM (Q0yOR)

21 How do bats poop hanging upside down?
Posted by: Josephistan

Carefully?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (oKJ0C)

22 American cops won't even jump in a river to catch a criminal in the movies, much less real life.

They'd have to actually get out of the SUV, call in a drone or helicopter and a bloodhound team to catch him the next day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)

23 The top pic is my favorite kind when the mountains come out of the sky-they stand there.

Posted by: Mount Old Limpus at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (oftw2)

24 How do bats poop hanging upside down?
Posted by: Josephistan

Rabbit-fur coats.

Posted by: the bear at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (VHUov)

25 How do bats poop hanging upside down?
Posted by: Josephistan at March 05, 2026 07:44 PM (MoHg4)

They don't I think. They poop as they launch.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

26 Bat caves are floored with bat droppings so it all goes down somehow

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

27 They'd have to actually get out of the SUV, call in a drone or helicopter and a bloodhound team to catch him the next day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)

One of the local deputies, when I was a kid, was said to have chased a prowler into a blackberry thicket in the middle of the night, and decided to come back to get him in the morning when he could pick up a machete to cut him out.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 07:47 PM (rbvCR)

28 Weisenheimer secretly photoshops Batman into his parents' family photos, to see how long it takes them to notice the Dark Knight appearing at every wedding and anniversary.

Hilarious.

And he did a great job with the pics.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)

29 >>> The top pic is my favorite kind when the mountains come out of the sky-they stand there.
Posted by: Mount Old Limpus at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (oftw2)

yes

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 07:50 PM (3uBP9)

30 Don't tempt the Margins. They're probably horny again by now after I blew them a couple days ago

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

31 Ahh, we got a Great Pyrenees from a friend of dad's buddy. Mia was not working out as a town dog. Pyrs tend to bark to warn off any would be predators. Mia was sad that we had no goats or sheep but she adopted the horses as her substitute flock. She would come in the house out of the summer heat during the day but she demanded to be out guarding once the sun set. If we got wet snow and it was cold she could sometimes be coaxed inside on a winter night, but mostly she laughed at the SM posts "bring your pets in, its too cold for them"

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 07:51 PM (vlkz/)

32 A galaxy here. A galaxy there. Pretty soon you’re talking real space.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at March 05, 2026 07:51 PM (URO9T)

33 "I was playing Arkham Asylum and doing the side-mission to get the grapnel boost. It was intense, man. My save point was on fire, dude."

Good memory unlocked. That was amazing when I finally completed it.

Posted by: farquad at March 05, 2026 07:52 PM (CFMhl)

34 The idiot who jumped off a 20 meter structure really needs to reexamine his life. I'm going to assume (hope) that he isn't married and has no children.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 07:54 PM (Riz8t)

35 Kristi Noem just got fired? Headline on a firefox start page.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 07:55 PM (TN0g+)

36 NPR the source on Noem.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 07:56 PM (TN0g+)

37 Kristi Noem just got fired? Headline on a firefox start page.

Tell me you haven't been reading the HQ all day without telling me you haven't been reading the HQ all day.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 05, 2026 07:56 PM (Riz8t)

38 That crazy cop has watched too many Lethal Weapon movies

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 05, 2026 07:59 PM (DoBxX)

39
One of the local deputies, when I was a kid, was said to have chased a prowler into a blackberry thicket in the middle of the night, and decided to come back to get him in the morning when he could pick up a machete to cut him out.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 07:47 PM

One of my relatives is a cop and he caught a naked peeper by tackling him and his cop buddies told me how they drew cartoons with my relative's face in the naked dude's crack and hung them in the break room and I still ask him what the naked dude's ass tasted like when he annoys me. The naked dude was wearing shoes though.
You couldn't pay me any amount of money to chase and tackle naked dudes.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:59 PM (SF37t)

40 17, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 05, 2026 07:59 PM (MIIRH)

41 We had a whole thread on it Crusader. Trump is moving Kristi from heading DHS to special envoy to America's shield or some such outfit getting created in a day or 2.

For all we know Kristi wanted the move, with all the death threats against her and her family. Although I don't know if crazed commies will leave the Noems alone when she is no longer the face of DHS.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 08:00 PM (vlkz/)

42 Czarina of All the Americas?

It's a living, i guess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 08:03 PM (06Hmj)

43 Thanks PaleRider! I was out of the loop here today--our office lost a key player and I've been buried trying to cover.

Posted by: Crusader at March 05, 2026 08:03 PM (TN0g+)

44
Weisenheimer

Weisenheimer? Why, ace, you old picklepuss, you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:03 PM (xG4kz)

45 You couldn't pay me any amount of money to chase and tackle naked dudes.
Posted by: CaliGirl
I

I do pro Bono work.

Posted by: Mayor Buttplug at March 05, 2026 08:04 PM (h6CE+)

46 What's the difference between a Weisenheimer and a Wiseacre?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 08:05 PM (06Hmj)

47 I remember doing this about ten years ago. I was playing Arkham Asylum and doing the side-mission to get the grapnel boost. It was intense, man. My save point was on fire, dude.

Fake geek girl. Arkham City, bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 05, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)

48 I remember doing some boulder hopping in Colorado in the crags area. Just some scrambling around. I got to this one boulder and was going to jump over to a "nearby" one and I suddenly couldn't decide if it was ten feet down or a thousand. My brain went, "dude! you are a hundred feet up, do you know WTF you are doing?" And like that I lost all depth perception and freaked. Had to scramble back.

I had been freehand climbing for a while at considerable height by that age but that simple experience just hopping around freaked me out for a long while. Your hand/body shoved in some cliffside's vertical nethers, slowing ascending is completely different than jumping around like an idiot.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 08:06 PM (3uBP9)

49 Weisenheimer

Weisenheimer? Why, ace, you old picklepuss, you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:03 PM (xG4kz)

What a cad!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 05, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)

50 What's the difference between a Weisenheimer and a Wiseacre?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 08:05 PM (06Hmj)

I think they are actually interchangeable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 05, 2026 08:08 PM (zZu0s)

51 Came home in the wee hours from the MoMe a couple of years ago and the road right by my house is filled the cops. Some guy the police were trying to apprehend took a sharp left off the road and through the neighbors fence thinking he could get away. Drove straight into the tank and sank him and his car.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 08:09 PM (+nEug)

52 A Weisenheimer is a know it all and a Wiseacre is just a smartass.

Posted by: A Wiseacre Weisenheimer at March 05, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

53
What's the difference between a Weisenheimer and a Wiseacre?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

$20, same as in town

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:09 PM (xG4kz)

54 The shoes would be a good place to draw the line though. Too much shit you can step on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 05, 2026 08:10 PM (zZu0s)

55 This crazy streamer decided to test if he could survive a 20-meter fall, and he did it.

Russians don't need wingsuits, I guess. How in the world do you hold a bellyflop into what you know is the ground?

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 08:11 PM (i14TE)

56 Also, I think Weisenheimers are circumcised.

Posted by: A Wiseacre Weisenheimer at March 05, 2026 08:12 PM (vFG9F)

57 Sidebar
NY AG James Orders Hospital to Resume Gender-Transition Treatment for Minors
Wow. Just...wow. [CBD]

Takes "Bake the Cake" to a whole new level.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 08:12 PM (/lPRQ)

58
Is Kristi still carrying on with that lunkhead, Corey Lewandowski?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:13 PM (xG4kz)

59 When I see the word weisenheimer it reminds me of the Cars, I'm in touch with your world.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 08:14 PM (SF37t)

60 "could survive" isn't a particularly great objective for random stuff you are doing.

If you approach it as the beginning of a controlled experiment, then it's a valid result. But it's only one valid result. You would need to repeat the experiment a good 20 or 30 times to be able to say with any statistical confidence "I can survive a 20 meter fall." Get with it, bro. And keep good lab notes.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 05, 2026 08:14 PM (Fs0KI)

61 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 08:17 PM (77rzZ)

62 End of Friday work can't get here soon enough
Supposed to get to 70s next week

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 08:18 PM (Ia/+0)

63 Russians don't need wingsuits, I guess. How in the world do you hold a bellyflop into what you know is the ground?
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 08:11 PM (i14TE)

Looks like it's a pretty big pile of snow, which would soften the impact some. Still. What a nutski.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 05, 2026 08:19 PM (zYpTz)

64 45 You couldn't pay me any amount of money to chase and tackle naked dudes.
Posted by: CaliGirl

I do pro Bono work.
Posted by: Mayor Buttplug at March 05, 2026 08:04 PM (h6CE+)

I'll support your campaign, Pete, but I don't swing that way.

Posted by: Paul Hewson at March 05, 2026 08:19 PM (Ucgf4)

65 We had a whole thread on it Crusader. Trump is moving Kristi from heading DHS to special envoy to America's shield or some such outfit getting created in a day or 2.
Posted by: PaleRider

You know, she could keep her letterhead if they'd drop this "Shield of the Americas" thing, and just call it "The Department of Hemisphere Security."

Posted by: mikeski at March 05, 2026 08:20 PM (VHUov)

66
I wonder if moving Noem over to become Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was intended to quell the Dims' bold blather about impeaching her?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:21 PM (xG4kz)

67
Department of Monroe Doctrine, Bitches!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:22 PM (xG4kz)

68 oh, okay, "into snow".
that's different.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 05, 2026 08:23 PM (MIIRH)

69 Yes because they will movr on to tje next head of DHS

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 08:23 PM (Ia/+0)

70 Any dogs over at the "Shield of the Americas" thing?

Posted by: davidt at March 05, 2026 08:25 PM (Q+gd/)

71 >>66
I wonder if moving Noem over to become Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. was intended to quell the Dims' bold blather about impeaching her?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle
--

Trump may not play 3D chess but he can make one hell of a bank shot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 08:25 PM (WErXV)

72
Any dogs over at the "Shield of the Americas" thing?
Posted by: davidt

"Not for long!" * chambers a round *

-- KrisTee, Scourge of Canines

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:26 PM (xG4kz)

73 Y'all need to curb the snark from here out.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM

There are snarky comments on this blog?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 05, 2026 08:28 PM (V14Vy)

74 Some of the countries are looking forward to it others will take longer to learn the value of hemispherical independence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 08:30 PM (WErXV)

75 I'm listening to my YesYears compilation now. Very old, and I had the cds in cases rolling around in my car for many a long year. Scratched, scuffed, but not all the way to the foil part, just a lot of surface stuff. I cleaned them a bit but never got them to play well.

And then I got a decent LG portable usb cd player / burner and tried Exact Audio Copy. It is magic. It made perfect copies. It had to do a massive amount of error correction but that's why you use EAC. If you have old cds with issues give it a try. It has taken everything I've gave it with perfection, (according to my imperfect old ears)

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 08:30 PM (3uBP9)

76 When I see the word weisenheimer it reminds me of the Cars, I'm in touch with your world.

Posted by: CaliGirl

I think of Dr Ruth.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2026 08:30 PM (h6CE+)

77
That raises a fascinating question...

Do flying squirrels pee in flight?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Squirrels poop, too.

Have you ever seen it?

How do you know that you are not rolling in it whenever you sit on the grass?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:31 PM (xG4kz)

78 Flying squirrels are native to Pa, never seen one

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 08:33 PM (Ia/+0)

79
All his focus on the Western hemisphere is PDJT's roundabout way of saying that the countries of the European Union and NATO are going to find themselves untethered real soon now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:34 PM (xG4kz)

80 Willowed, It's frowned upon, but if you can get an anullment it's all good.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Are annulments allowed after you've had kids (Like on the grounds that you married under false pretenses), or does that just render any offspring bastards?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (a+4eV)
---
If anyone has a specific annulment question, I have been trained and know a bit: having kids has little to do with whether an annulment is warranted unless the ground is refusal to have children-- then its clearly relevant. Even if a nullity is granted, the status of the kids remains the same as before: not bastards.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 08:35 PM (lCppi)

81 Flying squirrels are squirrels that fly, through the air.

Posted by: Kamala at March 05, 2026 08:37 PM (Q+gd/)

82 Flying squirrels are native to Pa, never seen one
Posted by: Skip

Summer nights, and they are dead silent, even when they go an inch over your head. You need to have outdoor lights and trees and get lucky.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 08:39 PM (i14TE)

83 78 Flying squirrels are native to Pa, never seen one
Posted by: Skip

I've seen one, but only because our cat caught it. The cat was quite pleased with itself and was showing it off to us. Good eatin' for kittuh. I will assume the cat wasn't flying also.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 08:40 PM (NkASH)

84 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 08:41 PM (Ia/+0)

85
Are annulments allowed after you've had kids (Like on the grounds that you married under false pretenses), or does that just render any offspring bastards?
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Yes, your marriage can be annulled even if you have children if one of the parties involved asserts and can provide evidence that the other party had not formed the requisite emotional maturity to understand their obligations under the sacrament of marriage. That is how the missus' first marriage was ended (her former partner initiated the proceedings).

I used much the same argument, but my former marriage did not involve children. Again, here, my ex-wife initiated the proceedings and I left no stone unturned in my written answers to questions about our situation.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:42 PM (xG4kz)

86 I'm going to get a small FiiO player that looks just like a Walkman, (companies are really starting to cater to genx aesthetic). It even has a screen that shows a picture of a cassette tape spinning. Looks cool. Blutooth and headphone out with a decent amplifier for the size. Plays mp3 or lossless flac. Less than $60. I've copied most of my cd collection to lossless. My music taste is fixed in time and space. So now I can bring my music with me. Maybe bury it with me when I die. My entire library on 256GB because it has a micro SD slot too.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 08:42 PM (3uBP9)

87 For the 60th anniversery of Star Trek, I'm watching all the original series episodes. T&A wins the day!

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 05, 2026 08:42 PM (Vh9CX)

88 g'night Skip!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 05, 2026 08:42 PM (MIIRH)

89 Some of the countries are looking forward to it others will take longer to learn the value of hemispherical independence.

Posted by: Braenyard

Ask your President if hemispherical independence is for you. Tell your doctor about all your medical conditions, especially if you have a pulse, breathe air, or have ever used the internet. Hemispherical independence may interact with reality. Results not typical. Individual hemispherical independence varies. Void where prohibited. Batteries not included. Consult your physician, your pharmacist, your neighbor's cousin who once thought about brain stuff, and possibly a priest.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 08:43 PM (cYBz/)

90
Flying squirrels are squirrels that fly, through the air.
Posted by: Kamala

Agtually, they glide, but you be your own mentally challenged self, girl.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:43 PM (xG4kz)

91 So MTG is going to be one of the co-hosts on The Spew?

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 05, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)

92 The new Ayatollah should be a woman of color according to the Left Wing Jizz Buckets.....

Fine..... I have the answer......... Kami Baby this job is for you. Cackle.... Cackle..... Cackle......

Posted by: Jackson K. at March 05, 2026 08:45 PM (38587)

93
...does that just render any offspring bastards?

Any children are not adjudged to be bastards.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:46 PM (xG4kz)

94 Route 66 will be 100 years old in April. (Except that most of it was officially decommissioned in 1985.)

Posted by: SMOD at March 05, 2026 08:48 PM (GITLP)

95 91

Yeah...it fits for that dumbass...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at March 05, 2026 08:49 PM (oNzQB)

96 I fly and I am a squirrel, damnit.
-Rocky

Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 08:50 PM (LHPAg)

97 We had lots of people survive 30 foot jumps into snowdrifts, too. Until one of them hit the fire hydrant in the quad. Technically he survived, too, but he couldn't walk for a while, having broken (IIRC) his hip and femur. He also got thrown out of the academy for it.

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 08:51 PM (cAEoL)

98 How do you put the jet pack on the Squirrels to get then to fly ???

Posted by: Kami Harris at March 05, 2026 08:51 PM (YuOiR)

99 It's nuts, I tell you!

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 08:54 PM (Sy6m/)

100 Also, the baby doing CPR is cute.
But, you no longer bother to do the breathing bit (that video is 12 years old) - the chest compressions are deemed sufficient to move air in and out of the lungs.

I don't know if that's really good, but it's what the trainers will now tell you. (Unless they've changed it again, again.)

(Huh, if that video is 12yo, I wonder how the 13-14yo kid is doing? Did she learn to be a lifeguard and get her CPR certificate?)

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 08:54 PM (cAEoL)

101 I need a new straw hat.

Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 08:55 PM (LHPAg)

102
There was a Route 66 museum somewhere in the middle of Oklahoma -- Clinton, OK. It was cool to have visited it when our daughter and I drove East from the West Coast in 2013.

My memory is hazy, but it may have had a dozen or more windmills on the site of the type used to bring up drinking water for troughs on farms.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 05, 2026 08:56 PM (xG4kz)

103 Did you read Pixy this morning?
If you didn't you missed this:

Your car can be tracked everywhere you go by your tire pressure sensors. (Dark Reading)

Which transmit unique identifiers, unencrypted, readable by anyone withing a 50-meter range.

Speaking of which, a new Android app detects anyone nearby wearing smart glasses. (Tech Crunch)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 09:00 PM (WErXV)

104 You couldn't pay me any amount of money to chase and tackle naked dudes.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:59 PM (SF37t)

Why cops should be trained with and carry bolos. Not the tanks, the gaucho lasso things with weights.

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 09:00 PM (cAEoL)

105 Huh, the Beltway stabber who got slabbed by a trooper was a State Department Foreign Service Officer.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 05, 2026 09:01 PM (2GVsD)

106 It would be very hard to put a Bolo tank in your back pocket.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 05, 2026 09:02 PM (2GVsD)

107 >>> Huh, the Beltway stabber who got slabbed by a trooper was a State Department Foreign Service Officer.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 05, 2026 09:01 PM (2GVsD)

Yeah, I'm not sure what was going on there. I read about that a few days ago. A psychotic episode?

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 09:03 PM (3uBP9)

108 Drove straight into the tank and sank him and his car.
Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 08:09 PM (+nEug)

Was that the same neighbor whose driveway I sat in and called Sharon for directions, because my GPS insisted I drive through their property to the MoMe?

Posted by: GWB at March 05, 2026 09:03 PM (cAEoL)

109 It's amazing the scope of what a shitty tasting energy beverage like Redbull has been able to sponsor with their marketing strategy. I've only had one can and never liked it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:07 PM (jS10z)

110 Good evening! Just got home from my last class, popping in t see what is going on before a shower.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 09:07 PM (OoFl2)

111 104, 106, but it would really be the ultimate in concealed carry if you could!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 05, 2026 09:08 PM (MIIRH)

112 109, no kidding. loathsome. how do people stand it?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 05, 2026 09:10 PM (MIIRH)

113 Male and female created he them.

Funny prank
youtu.be/i7TsC6dufX4

What Every Wife Needs To Hear From Her Husband
youtu.be/b_dxMUaI8n0

Posted by: mindful webworker - Happiness runs in a circular motion at March 05, 2026 09:10 PM (9O6qm)

114 >>> It's amazing the scope of what a shitty tasting energy beverage like Redbull has been able to sponsor with their marketing strategy. I've only had one can and never liked it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:07 PM (jS10z)

It is terrible. But people love it. All those energy drinks taste like ass. Except the ones that try to emulate the taste of coffee. Still not great.

You know what works even better and tastes just like coffee?

Coffee.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 09:11 PM (3uBP9)

115 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at March 05, 2026 09:11 PM (77rzZ)

116 114;

*fistbump*

coffee FTW!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 05, 2026 09:12 PM (MIIRH)

117 Re: annulment, too bad the kids stay legit. Would be totally cool to be a retroactive bastard, also great band name, bonus, you get a bar sinister on your coat of arms- win win win!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at March 05, 2026 09:12 PM (IX8iX)

118 110 Good evening! Just got home from my last class, popping in t see what is going on before a shower.
Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 09:07 PM (OoFl2)

They're making S.H.I.E.L.D. real, and to everyone's disappointment, Kristi Noem is getting Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch and beret instead of the Black Widow bodysuit. OK Sen. Mullin taking over at DHS, which is still unfunded.

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 09:13 PM (Sy6m/)

119 >>>no kidding. loathsome. how do people stand it?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

>It must be a tastebud thing like brussel sprouts and cilantro.
I think the stuff is nasty and vile.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:14 PM (jS10z)

120 S.H.I.E.L.D. Is an acronym for "Shooting Hollowpoints Into Every Luckless Dog".

She'll do fine.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at March 05, 2026 09:18 PM (Fl2Df)

121 Isn't Red Bull normally consumed with vodka, like a poor man's speedball?

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 09:19 PM (Sy6m/)

122 It's amazing the scope of what a shitty tasting energy beverage like Redbull has been able to sponsor with their marketing strategy. I've only had one can and never liked it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

There's a reason for that - it only costs about $.09 to make and is sold for around $3.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 09:21 PM (cYBz/)

123 Someone bought me a Jägerbomb shot one night and I puked my guts out. I hadn't puked in over 29 years of drinking.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:22 PM (jS10z)

124 114 >>> It's amazing the scope of what a shitty tasting energy beverage like Redbull has been able to sponsor with their marketing strategy. I've only had one can and never liked it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:07 PM (jS10z)

It is terrible. But people love it. All those energy drinks taste like ass. Except the ones that try to emulate the taste of coffee. Still not great.

You know what works even better and tastes just like coffee?

Coffee.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 09:11 PM (3uBP9)
I used to drive straight through from Savannah to Tyler TX on coffee. Tried a Red Bull once. My body didn't reject it exactly but I never drank another one.

Posted by: Eromero at March 05, 2026 09:25 PM (LHPAg)

125 Jagermeister is so bad, you can get a special near-freezing cooler for it to kill the taste. And they proudly put their brand on it.

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 09:25 PM (Sy6m/)

126 Jagermeister is so bad, but it's cheaper than Nyquil...

Posted by: Tarbender at March 05, 2026 09:29 PM (rdVOm)

127 Jared Llamado, a 32-year-old Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department, was fatally shot by a Virginia State trooper after allegedly stabbing four people and his dog on the Capital Beltway (I-495) in Fairfax County on Sunday, March 1, 2026.

Where was Jared Llamado born?
Brave AI:
The search results do not contain information about Jared Llamado's place of birth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 09:33 PM (WErXV)

128 Red Bull tastes like what I imagine automatic transmission fluid to taste like.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 09:34 PM (0aYVJ)

129 A man's gotta know his limitations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:36 PM (jS10z)

130 X:
Jared Llamado (32, McLean VA) was a U.S. citizen & Foreign Service Officer at the State Department—posted in Denmark for diplomatic work (standard for the role). George Mason U grad. Public records list birth ~June 1993 in the U.S.; surname suggests possible Filipino-American heritage via family, but no foreign birth/nationality indicated. Not Danish. He was here as an American working in DC area.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 09:36 PM (WErXV)

131 It's amazing the scope of what a shitty tasting energy beverage like Redbull has been able to sponsor with their marketing strategy. I've only had one can and never liked it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I'm sure they will definitely feel the hurt of your non-patronage.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2026 09:40 PM (diia5)

132
I've never had Jagermeister. I've heard only bad things about it when used as a recreational drink. It was originally an apertif -- after-dinner digestive aid. The variations have a "mixed drinks made with cough syrup" vibe. Maybe it's a triumph of marketing over quality, like Bud Light.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 05, 2026 09:42 PM (VWtfl)

133 >>>I'm sure they will definitely feel the hurt of your non-patronage.

Posted by: weft cut-loop

>If Red Bull ever goes public, I'm gonna try to get in on the IPO.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 05, 2026 09:45 PM (jS10z)

134 Jagermeister is a nice treat, in very small quantities, like a small glass.

Ouzo, on the other hand... holy shit! Worst hangover ever. Had to get drunk again to kill that hangover.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 09:45 PM (0aYVJ)

135 Anybody knows if any Gays and Tranginders has been killed in that Irun placebeclause of Trumps illegull war.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 05, 2026 09:47 PM (qZkjS)

136 I think that sometimes bad-tasting drinks benefit from male competitiveness, a way to show how tough they are without actually fighting. At least, that's my hypothesis for Jagermeister and vodka with Red Bull. God save the fool that crosses those streams; Jager with Red Bull would make a good dare, though.

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 09:47 PM (Sy6m/)

137 Spawn is addicted to Monster Energy drinks. 🤢

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 09:49 PM (VCgbV)

138 Rockstar makes an organic melon energy drink that's actually pleasant.

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 09:53 PM (JZTav)

139 I've never had Jagermeister.. . .
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Nasty shit. It's the only thing my BIL drinks. And he drinks a lot of it.

BUT, he's earned the right to drink whatever trash he wants to - former Blackhawk driver with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) "Night Stalkers". Survived two crashes - one shoot down and one catastrophic mechanical issue. We have to have special chairs made so he can fit his balls in them.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 05, 2026 09:53 PM (cYBz/)

140 I keep seeing stuff about Jim Carrey's weird look at some awards show. Did he arrive in his Tony Clifton get-up? Because that would have been cool as fuck-all.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 09:54 PM (0aYVJ)

141 137 Spawn is addicted to Monster Energy drinks. 🤢
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 09:49 PM (VCgbV)

Up until he gets stomach ulcers, that is.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 05, 2026 09:56 PM (I40wl)

142 Up until he gets stomach ulcers, that is.
Posted by: tcn in AK
---
She...you've met her. 🤗

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 05, 2026 09:58 PM (VCgbV)

143 There's a NOOD for YOOD
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=418782

Posted by: mindful webworker - Happiness runs in a circular motion at March 05, 2026 10:01 PM (9O6qm)

144 Your car can be tracked everywhere you go by your tire pressure sensors. (Dark Reading)

Which transmit unique identifiers, unencrypted, readable by anyone withing a 50-meter range.

Speaking of which, a new Android app detects anyone nearby wearing smart glasses. (Tech Crunch)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 09:00 PM (WErXV)

Heh. None of mine. Even the one that used to have sensors no longer has them. The computer nags me, and I ignore it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 10:03 PM (8zz6B)

145 > Russians don't need wingsuits, I guess.

Nope.

Just vodka.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 10:19 PM (IG3/x)

146 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtwhWEzyXkE

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at March 05, 2026 11:51 PM (jrgJz)

Quick Hits

From Tommy Robinson. I don't know if that's real or a parody that's very close to the truth.

Rep. Dan Goldman is mad at his wife because she "liked" a tweet supporting the Iranian Counter-Revolution.

What a disgusting cuck. Choosing terrorists over his wife.

I'm sure someone else is banging her. Must be, right?

Levi Strauss Heir Dan Goldman Distances Himself From Pro-Israel Wife Who 'Liked' Social Media Post From 'God Bless Donald Trump'

One meme that caught Corinne Goldman's eye mocked the slogan 'Jews for Palestine' as 'chickens for KFC'

Rep. Dan Goldman (D., N.Y.) has a girl problem. The Levi Strauss heir, best known for serving as lead counsel in the first impeachment of Donald Trump, was forced to distance himself from his own wife to avoid alienating a core Democratic constituency: terrorist supporters.
Goldman threw his wife, Corinne Levy Goldman, under the bus this week after left-wing activists in his Manhattan district circulated screenshots of social media posts she had "liked" in the aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist massacre. In a statement to the New York Times, the congressman insisted that his wife does "not speak for me." Like many married couples, he explained, they do not always share the same views--particularly when one of them is trying to survive a Democratic primary in a district where hostility toward Israel has become something of a litmus test.
The controversy stems from nearly a dozen social media posts that Mrs. Goldman liked or shared in the weeks after the Hamas attack, which many Democratic voters embraced as a triumph of "anti-colonial resistance." The Goldman family was in Israel at the time.
Among the posts Mrs. Goldman liked was a widely circulated meme from the popular account @EndWokeness mocking the slogan "Jews for Palestine" as "Chickens for KFC." She also liked posts suggesting that Western activists who chant "Free Palestine" might consider relocating to Gaza and living under Hamas rule. Another post came from the account "God Bless Donald Trump," which praised Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson for arguing that the United States should revoke visas for visitors from places such as Iran and the Palestinian territories if Hamas executed American hostages.
Left-wing activists quickly seized on the posts, circulating screenshots and bringing them up at town halls in an effort to weaken Goldman's credibility with pro-Hamas Democrats. The congressman faces a tough primary challenge from former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, an outspoken critic of Israel. Goldman's critics argue that his wife's social media activity was proof that he also hated Hamas, which would put him at odds with the anti-Western values of his constituents. The congressman's district includes portions of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where anti-Israel activism has flourished since the Gaza war began.
Goldman told the Times that his wife's antagonism toward terrorists and their supporters did not reflect his own views.
"Like most married couples, my wife and I do not always share the same views, and any tweets she has liked as a private citizen do not speak for me," he said. "As an elected official and public figure, my record, votes and public statements are the only reflection of my beliefs."

CNN now broadcasting stories approved by the Iranian government. They admit they are in Iran "only with government permission."

CNN is in Iran acting as Iranian State TV after the regime broadcasting network was destroyed. pic.twitter.com/h019s5hP9W
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) March 5, 2026

What changed? pic.twitter.com/ySam21MqpY
— Jacktron (@jacktronprime) March 5, 2026

Hard-hitting question from Katie Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking?

Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?

Newsom: You don�t do anything about it�It�s just who I am.

Good. Lord. pic.twitter.com/aFmvpDLlaa
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) March 5, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: The employee of Gov. Tim Walz who keyed SIX Teslas causing over **$20,000** in damage in retaliation against @ElonMusk has been given a ONE DAY SUSPENSION from his Minnesota government job

THAT�S IT. He�s not even being PROSECUTED.

Minnesota is a FAILED STATE! pic.twitter.com/pR0U3jsedU
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 5, 2026

WOW. Marcelo Gomes da Silva, the illegal alien guest that Rep. Seth Moulton (D) brought to the State of the Union address, was reportedly mentioned in police reports involving "sexual assault and juveniles.�

Of course pic.twitter.com/adQkavEImG
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 5, 2026

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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NEW: The Boston Herald reports that Rep. Seth Moulton's (D-MA) illegal immigrant SOTU guest is referenced in police reports involving sexual assault and juveniles. Moulton hid him in his office during the speech and called him a "great American".

Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation.

This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he� https://t.co/MU1THo8fKA
— Tim Sheehy (@TimSheehyMT) March 4, 2026

Funny how Brian McGinniss (pictured here with his wife) didn�t dress like this when he interrupted a congressional hearing. pic.twitter.com/y3xozvEH0M
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) March 5, 2026

🚨 IT�S OFFICIAL: Brian McGinnis � the protestor who resisted Capitol Police and got hauled out � has been EXPOSED as an ardent pro-Islam, pro-Hamas and pro-illegal alien mouthpiece

What a DISGRACE. This guy thought he had everybody fooled! pic.twitter.com/MpIMfU1R30
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 5, 2026

He also cosplays as a Muslim while hanging out with Holocaust Deniers.

He'll be on Tucker Carlson next week.

I love how these pussies all provoke physical altercations and then start screeching "Take your hands off me! Do not touch me!"

They all sound like that Ezra Miller transgender lunatic.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Would be just as bad

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Nood called snd I am still first to get here?

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Ia/+0)

3 The ayatollah should also be non-binary.

Posted by: huerfano at March 05, 2026 06:34 PM (98kQX)

4 omg

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:35 PM (pAy1S)

5 A Cultural Marxism Woman Imam would be a evil Witch

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 06:35 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Ridiculously good looking ? Governor greaseball ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 06:35 PM (VE6XX)

7
I
read
all
the
content

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:35 PM (pAy1S)

8 >CNN now broadcasting stories approved by the Iranian government. They admit they are in Iran "only with government permission."

Deja vu all over again.

Posted by: davidt at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (Q+gd/)

9
Are the people whose Teslas got keyed going to sue that fvck? PLEASE.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (pAy1S)

10 I honestly thought the picture on Max Nordau's post was a promo for Dune 2.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (CwhoI)

11 Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (zZu0s)

12 Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (98kQX)

13 A "woman of color" as Ayatollah would be just as horrible as Khomeini. Have you seen the video of the morality police woman on the train video? Look at that insane bitch's eyes. She'd kill hundreds of thousands and be angry she couldn't kill more.

facebook.com/watch/?v=1959968057889681

Posted by: bonhomme at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (AZYCI)

14 One meme that caught Corinne Goldman's eye mocked the slogan 'Jews for Palestine' as 'chickens for KFC'
.......

Ducks for Haitians

QUACK

Posted by: wth at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (UjdFS)

15 I know a lot of veterans who wish they could fit into their dress uniform after 22 years, so he's got that going for him.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (Wt5PA)

16 Don't the Capital Police have tasers? This guy desperately needed a few volts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (/C62k)

17 8 >CNN now broadcasting stories approved by the Iranian government. They admit they are in Iran "only with government permission."

Tousi says they are shooting Iranian civilians again.. I wonder if CNN is gonna cover that....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (VE6XX)

18
Ridiculously good looking ? Governor greaseball ?
Posted by: It's me donna

===============

Governor Crease-of-the-pants-ball. Assuming you can tear your eyes from his face.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (pAy1S)

19 Stopped buying Levi's a long time ago

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)

20 Willowed from the Tucker story. Tucker’s first interview that brought everybody’s attention to the decline of Tucker’s mental health was in October of 2025.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (sOA7y)

21 That friggin' Gavin "interview" cracks me up, and calls up an old song by Mac Davis:

Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
Cuz I get better lookin' each day

(my favorite part) some folks say I'm egotistical
Hell I don't even know what the means
But I figure it has something do with
the way that I fill out my skin-tight blue-jeans

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at March 05, 2026 06:38 PM (0aYVJ)

22 Of course the loser fake marine has a keffiyah and a wife that wears a bag. Of course he does.

Someone needs a code red.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 06:38 PM (SF37t)

23 Looking at the picture of the McGuinesses; which one is Brian?

Posted by: Arnold Stang at March 05, 2026 06:38 PM (ehY6c)

24 She can't even get the line right.

It's "Really, really ridiculously good-looking"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 06:38 PM (a+4eV)

25 I love how these pussies all provoke physical altercations and then start screeching "Take your hands off me! Do not touch me!"

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM
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It's part of their training. The idea is create images of supposed brutality to win sympathy. The left actually thinks that Kent State turned public opinion against Nixon when it didn't. He won a landslide because Americans value law and order.

But they keep thinking that the image of some douche in a possibly stolen valor uniform* will sway the hearts of the masses.

*He claims a lengthy military resume, but without a DD 214, I call b.s.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

26 Hey, Skip

You should have written "And Skip jumps over the Blade and comes in first." 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 06:39 PM (rZCVI)

27 The employee of Gov. Tim Walz who keyed SIX Teslas causing over **$20,000** in damage in retaliation against ElonMusk has been given a ONE DAY SUSPENSION from his Minnesota government job

THAT’S IT. He’s not even being PROSECUTED.

Who, whom.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 05, 2026 06:39 PM (AZYCI)

28 Does Goldman think he's one of those lucky Jews that the mullahs wouldn't kill? I have a suspicion that he is incorrect

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 06:39 PM (/C62k)

29 Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said? What do you do about that?

Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.
====

The answer is Yes, you big dummy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)

30 Mrs. Goldman I must inform you that your husband's favorite bar is Sweet Williams. Carry on.

Posted by: Arnold Stang at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (ehY6c)

31 Same old, same old. CNN's Wolf Blitzer in Iraq, remember?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (ynpvh)

32 CNN now broadcasting stories approved by the Iranian government. They admit they are in Iran "only with government permission."

They did the same thing in Saddam era Iraq.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (NkASH)

33 That lunatic from NC was only in the Marine Corps for 4 years, not much of a committment. I guess he was abroad long enough to convert to Islam.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (cWLG3)

34 Goldman threw his wife, Corinne Levy Goldman, under the bus this week after left-wing activists in his Manhattan district circulated screenshots of social media posts she had "liked" in the aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist massacre.

In a statement to the New York Times, the congressman insisted that his wife does "not speak for me." Like many married couples, he

ain't getting any anytime soon.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (oKJ0C)

35 Stopped buying Levi's a long time ago
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)
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Yes, and now I don't have any jeans at all. Dress clothes to work and church, and three uniform changes worth of surplus BDUs, ABUs, and whatever the last one was for yard work/errands whatnot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

36
I love how these pussies all provoke physical altercations and then start screeching "Take your hands off me! Do not touch me!"

Kinda hard to scream "Don't touch me!" when your jaw is shattered by your victim hitting your chin with an open palm strike in self-defense. I'm just sayin'.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (y9nCu)

37 I'm sure someone else is banging her. Must be, right?

I wouldn't bang her with Rosa DeLauro's dick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (abIsI)

38 Newsom: You don’t do anything about it…It’s just who I am.

The humble-brag is ctually right on brand for Governor Hair Gel Ken.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)

39 Launch in 13 minutes

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Posted by: Joyenz at March 05, 2026 06:41 PM (2F0/Y)

40 CNN: Do you have anything to say to the Trump Administration?

Iranian spokesman: You sank my battleship!

CNN: so sorry! Death to America!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 06:41 PM (n5tGW)

41 House joins Senate in rejecting a War Powers Resolution against Trump.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 05, 2026 06:41 PM (IG3/x)

42 Latest Homeland Security Funding bill passed House.

Fox News
@FoxNews
·
1h
MOMENTS AGO: The House passed a bill to fund DHS through September 30, by a final vote of 221–209. Four Democrats joined 217 Republicans:
•Rep. Don Davis
•Rep. Cuellar
•Rep. Golden
•Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)

43 9
Are the people whose Teslas got keyed going to sue that fvck? PLEASE.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (pAy1S)
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At the very least their insurers should be going after him to pay for the repairs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:41 PM (cWLG3)

44 I find Dan Goldman such an awful human being that I cannot imagine anyone normal being happily married to him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (rZCVI)

45 As soon as the new blu-ray disc player I ordered arrives I'll be watching Excalibur again. I've been reading tech news that suggests blu-ray drives and disc players might be on their way out, mostly due to Sony not being interested in designing new hardware for that media format. Way more money to be made is renting streams. I hope that isn't the case, but I want to upgrade to a higher end player that can play all the formats I own media in.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:30 PM (cWLG3)

------
Willowed

I actually designed and implemented the Sony Blu-Ray adhesive facility in the United States. It wasn't big, three tanks and dispensing systems in a prefab type building in a warehouse area of the plant Sony manufactured VHS and other magnetic media.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (Vh9CX)

46 Regarding MTG

Man those anabolic steroids can really fuck up a woman's brain amirite?

Also, I am astounded at the SPEED at which Trump haters will take the literal opposite position of Trump no matter what it is

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)

47 That lunatic from NC was only in the Marine Corps for 4 years, not much of a committment. I guess he was abroad long enough to convert to Islam.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (cWLG3)
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Has that been verified? I saw that he also claims to be a boxing champion and a bunch of other unlikely shit.

I'm going to say he washed out of boot camp or administratively separated but learned enough jargon to be a better faker.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)

48 Stopped buying Levi's a long time ago
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Levi's would be bad for you health in AZ ranch country.
Wrangler's baby.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (abIsI)

49 Couric doesn't seem to realize that Zoolander was pretty but vacuous as hell. Or maybe she does. Nah

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (/C62k)

50 43 9
Are the people whose Teslas got keyed going to sue that fvck? PLEASE.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM

At the very least their insurers should be going after him to pay for the repairs.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:41 PM

I wish Elon would fund the lawfare against anyone that does this and make it painful.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 06:43 PM (SF37t)

51 6 Ridiculously good looking ? Governor greaseball ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 06:35 PM (VE6XX)

Ok; have to say this for the post. As an old dude (no h*mo) Henry Cavill is ridiculously good looking.

Greasy Gavin looks like a washed up g*y p*rn star still trying to score phone numbers at the White Swallow Bath House. He oozes desperation for attention. He will probably find action but only if they can make him not talk while they take care of business.

Posted by: Nelly at March 05, 2026 06:43 PM (7gpcF)

52 Greasy Gavin no longer crosses his legs at the knee, he crosses his ankles so Katie can leer at his pathetic package.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 05, 2026 06:44 PM (wBaIH)

53 > Couric: Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said?

Couric should use that line at Newsome's eugoogly.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 05, 2026 06:44 PM (AZYCI)

54 Readers added context
The sen. describes this as “deescalation,” but full vid/reporting show he joined officers by physically grabbing the marines leg then his arm breaks. Reports say the protester was treated for an injury after. The marine did not come to start a confrontation, he protested.

He showed his ass and refused orders from the police.

The leftists are going to keep redefining the word 'protest' until it's synonymous with 'terrorism'.

Wait,... I think they're already 99% there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (6ydKt)

55 Greasy Gavin looks like a washed up g*y p*rn star still trying to score phone numbers at the White Swallow Bath House. He oozes desperation for attention. He will probably find action but only if they can make him not talk while they take care of business.
Posted by: Nelly at March 05, 2026 06:43 PM (7gpcF)
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He has never been in a competitive election. Same as Kamala.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (ZOv7s)

56 Shouldn't that be "a trans woman of color?"

Posted by: Eeyore at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (AlhUl)

57 47 That lunatic from NC was only in the Marine Corps for 4 years, not much of a committment. I guess he was abroad long enough to convert to Islam.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (cWLG3)
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Has that been verified? I saw that he also claims to be a boxing champion and a bunch of other unlikely shit.

I'm going to say he washed out of boot camp or administratively separated but learned enough jargon to be a better faker.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)
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I read that, though it seemed plausible. The truth will come out since he's running for office in NC (crazy huh).

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (cWLG3)

58 Well, you know, what can I say?

Posted by: Funky Gavin Newsom at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (RIvkX)

59 retaliation against ElonMusk has been given a ONE DAY SUSPENSION from his Minnesota government job

********************

Having worked in government jobs, it's become a tradition that if you want to get rid of a govt employee who's a bad apple, you have to promote them

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (REq0p)

60 I wonder if anybody keyed this guy's car yet

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (n5tGW)

61 Tousi says they are shooting Iranian civilians again.. I wonder if CNN is gonna cover that....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 06:37 PM (VE6XX)

When the hell are we going to arm the Iranian people. Let them be the boots on the ground and hunt the scumbags.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (snZF9)

62 For some reason, Bowe Bergdahl has come to mind.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (XeU6L)

63
Levi Strauss Heir Dan Goldman Distances Himself From Pro-Israel Wife Who 'Liked' Social Media Post From 'God Bless Donald Trump'

So, another self-gasser like Schumer. What the actual fuck is wrong with these people?

Posted by: They really are chickens for Col. Sanders at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (TbWk/)

64 I don't believe Newsom could do Blue Steel or Magnum.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (Vh9CX)

65 Until Grease makes a comeback, I'd stick with ridiculous looking.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (EJWxb)

66 >>Do you have a Zoolander problem? Are you just ridiculously good looking as Vogue said?

The Paolo, he has more of a, how you say, John Holmes problem.

Posted by: The Paolo at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (Q+gd/)

67 read that, though it seemed plausible. The truth will come out since he's running for office in NC (crazy huh).
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Green Party. No one cares.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (MGB5H)

68 I'm going to say he washed out of boot camp or administratively separated but learned enough jargon to be a better faker.

==

we will find out more, I am sure; there is also a pic of his bedroom and his duvet is adorned with a massive balestenian flag

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)

69 I think this new J6er should get the full J6 treatment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 06:47 PM (n5tGW)

70 I find Dan Goldman such an awful human being that I cannot imagine anyone normal being happily married to him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 06:42 PM (rZCVI)

His wife should divorce him and bleed him dry.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 05, 2026 06:47 PM (snZF9)

71 At least they went with woman of color and not that invented "women of cover" bullshit they tried peddling after 9/11.

Posted by: Rex B at March 05, 2026 06:47 PM (aiBxL)

72 I read that, though it seemed plausible. The truth will come out since he's running for office in NC (crazy huh).
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:45 PM (cWLG3)
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My b.s. detector was set off right away. Supposed to believe that a Marine boxing champ marries *that*?

Were they out of strippers that year?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

73 Goddammit. Did I slip alternate dimensions again? I could've sworn that Dan Goldman was openly gay. Am I at least back in a Bernstein Bears dimension, or no?

Posted by: SciVo at March 05, 2026 06:48 PM (Sy6m/)

74
Why didn't the po-po strip that Marine tunic off him during the arrest?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 05, 2026 06:48 PM (y9nCu)

75 Feel good story of the day: a guy in Middletown NY, sw of me , tried to rob a convenience store. He grabbed money and ran out with a female clerk chasing him. He had a heart attack and died

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 06:48 PM (/C62k)

76 Regarding MTG

Man those anabolic steroids can really fuck up a woman's brain amirite?

I bet she has abnormal hair growth from those steroids.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 06:48 PM (abIsI)

77 37 I'm sure someone else is banging her. Must be, right?

I wouldn't bang her with Rosa DeLauro's dick.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 06:40 PM (abIsI)

Whenever I see her I think a gingerbread house is missing its occupant. She's revolting.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 06:49 PM (SF37t)

78 Feel good story of the day: a guy in Middletown NY, sw of me , tried to rob a convenience store. He grabbed money and ran out with a female clerk chasing him. He had a heart attack and died
Posted by: Smell the Glove at

Well good for him. He died doing something he loved.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 06:49 PM (MGB5H)

79 we will find out more, I am sure; there is also a pic of his bedroom and his duvet is adorned with a massive balestenian flag
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 06:46 PM (GD0B3)
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His idea of getting attention is to get beaten up. That is 100% loser behavior. All lefty military vets lie about their service. All of them. Walz, the Maryland turd, all of them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

80 I don't say this because he's a sleazy Democrat with a high profile, I say this because it's true for me...Gavin Newsome is of average looks, imo. He's not ugly. He's not good looking. He's just there.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 06:49 PM (qBdHI)

81 I swear I thought I read that Goldman was a fag. Like that Murphy dunce.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 05, 2026 06:50 PM (cxFcK)

82 >>I'm going to say he washed out of boot camp or administratively separated but learned enough jargon to be a better faker.

People on the right need to stop idealizing the armed forces. It's a job. Any and every asshole who isn't a bonafide retard can sign up and serve.

Those who serve with honor and distinction deserve our respect and praise.

Others deserve the same respect you would give to an average Wal Mart greeter.

Some deserve none at all.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 06:50 PM (uKtE+)

83 > The Paolo, he has more of a, how you say, John Holmes problem.

HIV infection?

Posted by: bonhomme at March 05, 2026 06:50 PM (AZYCI)

84 9
Are the people whose Teslas got keyed going to sue that fvck? PLEASE.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:36 PM (pAy1S)

I can think of better ways to display my displeasure with him. Who would suspect an old man with a cane.

Posted by: javems at March 05, 2026 06:50 PM (zFsEm)

85 His idea of getting attention is to get beaten up. That is 100% loser behavior. All lefty military vets lie about their service. All of them. Walz, the Maryland turd, all of them.

==

and the first ones to yell about being a veteran, whether asked or not

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)

86 I sent Pooky the video of the former Marine, and he says that based on the sounds (I purposely had the sound off), that guy might never use his hand again.

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't do bone-crunching at March 05, 2026 06:51 PM (Wt5PA)

87 Wrangler's baby.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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A NC corporation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 06:51 PM (XeU6L)

88 21 I love that song and it IS Nuscum all the way. LOL

Posted by: turambar at March 05, 2026 06:52 PM (Q0yOR)

89 ALL democrat males are fags without exception.

Posted by: Arnold Stang at March 05, 2026 06:52 PM (ehY6c)

90 She may be out of MAGA, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is still revered at MUODUWGA (Make Ugly Old Dried Up Whores Great Again)

Posted by: Wally at March 05, 2026 06:52 PM (1uEMB)

91 People on the right need to stop idealizing the armed forces. It's a job. Any and every asshole who isn't a bonafide retard can sign up and serve.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 06:50 PM (uKtE+)
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One of the guys in my company during Basic actually started wetting his pants during the field exercise. The latrine had a big light over it. Too scared to get out of his foxhole with all the trees around or something.

Keep peeing his pants when we got back. Because it was 2000 and the ranks were thin, he was sent to AIT and left for them to sort out. World class screwups.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:53 PM (ZOv7s)

92 These heirs of great fortune makers are some of the worst of the worst, it seems. Most of them are plagues upon humanity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 05, 2026 06:53 PM (qBdHI)

93 Gavin Newsome is of average looks, imo. He's not ugly. He's not good looking. He's just there.

*******************

His look screams inauthentic, with the hair giving me memory triggers of Biden's plugs

he also has the posture of a simp, no muscle tone with a slightly arced back developed over years of sucking ass

it adds to the inauthentic

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 05, 2026 06:54 PM (REq0p)

94 He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation.

This looks odd.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 06:54 PM (EJWxb)

95 59 retaliation against ElonMusk has been given a ONE DAY SUSPENSION from his Minnesota government job

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Having worked in government jobs, it's become a tradition that if you want to get rid of a govt employee who's a bad apple, you have to promote them
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

Failing upwards.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 05, 2026 06:54 PM (NkASH)

96 I am disappoint Katie Couric didn't ask Newsom "what enchants you?" A hard-hitting journalistic opportunity missed. Be better, Katie.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 06:54 PM (Ucgf4)

97 So, a wife has opinions of her own, different from her husband and she is shamed for it?
How progressive.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 05, 2026 06:55 PM (X/MmC)

98 and the first ones to yell about being a veteran, whether asked or not
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 06:51 PM (GD0B3)
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Yep. Like anyone cares but the guy in the produce aisle who thanks you for your service.

"Oh, you're a veteran? Well, just take a dump on the carpet of the hearing room."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)

99 He grabbed money and ran out with a female clerk chasing him. He had a heart attack and died

Dude, you lost a race to a GIRL.

Posted by: Rhadamanthos at March 05, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

100
Those who serve with honor and distinction deserve our respect and praise.

Others deserve the same respect you would give to an average Wal Mart greeter.

Some deserve none at all.
Posted by: garrett
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As a matter of my role in the service, I resigned myself to the fact that, given the thousands of people involved, there will always be a few bad apples.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

101 Yes, he has a Zoolander problem. He can't read good.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (NYInA)

102
Do you have a Zoolander problem?

Couric should use that line at Newsome's eugoogly.
Posted by: bonhomme

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It'd be hilarious Vance asked him that in a presidential debate.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (pAy1S)

103 Nonetheless -

Military dot com: 'Marine Veteran Brian McGinnis Removed From Senate Hearing After Protest Over US Policy Toward Israel'

Reading all recommended. Now it's a marine veteran running for office roughed up a bit (allegedly now has a broken arm) and in part by a former Navy Seal in office. And Israel.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (NFX2v)

104 Imagine being so eager for power you would sell out your wife and people to appease a bunch of lunatic voters. What a fucking coward.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 05, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)

105 One of the guys in my company during Basic actually started wetting his pants during the field exercise.

Did they rename the region "Badon Hill"?

Posted by: Sir Robin at March 05, 2026 06:57 PM (gKWVE)

106 Brian McGinnis is the John Murtha of Bowe Bergdalhs.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 06:57 PM (Ucgf4)

107 97 So, a wife has opinions of her own, different from her husband and she is shamed for it?
How progressive.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 05, 2026 06:55 PM (X/MmC)

Exactly And he tacitly approves. She married a pussy.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)

108 101 Yes, he has a Zoolander problem. He can't read good.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (NYInA)
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He didn't go to the "School for Kids Who Don't Read Good."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (cWLG3)

109 I've asked every AI day if CNN has retracted the story about the united states bombing a girl's school in Iran.

Still no retraction, but now the AI won't even give me an answer

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (pyzA7)

110 So many mentally ill people walk among us. Scary to think about.

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (SzkLE)

111 Military dot com: 'Marine Veteran Brian McGinnis Removed From Senate Hearing After Protest Over US Policy Toward Israel'
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (NFX2v)
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Military dot com is not reliable at all. It's like all the Military Times papers that are owned by Gannet and suck ass.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

112 96 I am disappoint Katie Couric didn't ask Newsom "what enchants you?" A hard-hitting journalistic opportunity missed. Be better, Katie.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 06:54 PM)

She's always been so nasty, I remember when she asked Barbara Bush on the today show if Barbara really thought character matters in a president. Barbara responded of course I do Katie, don't you? And Katie got mad and said I'm asking the questions here.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (SF37t)

113 101 Yes, he has a Zoolander problem. He can't read good.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 05, 2026 06:56 PM (NYInA)

Stop making fun of his learing disabilities!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)

114 The crazy guy with no eyebrows looks crazy.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)

115 6 Ridiculously good looking ? Governor greaseball ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 06:35 PM (VE6XX)

I know...Gov Greaseball is not at the top of my list of good-looking men. I mean, I guess he's a little more handsome than Jerry Nadler, but it's a low bar.

Newsome is average at best.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (zYpTz)

116 and the first ones to yell about being a veteran, whether asked or not
Posted by: runner
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It's been a while since we had a post by 'A severely conservative decorated veteran'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (XeU6L)

117 it's become a tradition that if you want to get rid of a govt employee who's a bad apple, you have to promote them
(REq0p)

They tried that with Mao after his leap forward failed.

Posted by: the Cultural Revolution at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (gKWVE)

118 I feel sure if I ever had to talk to MTG face to face my response, no matter the subject, would include the word, "rhinoplasty." Which is fitting due to the RINO part. But also true because she has a potato nose that I focus on and nothing else.

Regarding the fake Marine in his polyester pants (no one will convince me he's a real Marine unless DEI hire): I think his elbow was dislocated with the crack I heard. I don't really care, but could volunteer to pop it back in without anesthesia. In the ED they do give you happy drugs to pop that or a shoulder back in. I watched it enough I think I could do it, no charge.

I loved the Capitol Police at the end of a video who says, weary, "Just turn loose." Eejit.

Which brings me to IF he is a Marine he needs, even after 20yrs (I could be making this up and don't care) to be in trouble for wearing his uniform when not on duty. I'd say Leavenworth would probably have a psych ward.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (WONhk)

119 Gavin is gonna kill that claymation guy.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (TdYBy)

120 @116 Subject matter experts are welcome.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:01 PM (cWLG3)

121 115 The crazy guy with no eyebrows looks crazy.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (lCppi)

Reminds me of the big blue bastard in Prometheus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:01 PM (6ydKt)

122 Funny how some dumbass gets some pussy and ass off of some moslem chick and all of a sudden they are pro-death, pro-palestine and a dirty moslem lover.

Pussy Runs The World.

Posted by: Dr. Quest, Not A Closeted Homosexual at March 05, 2026 07:01 PM (Ksqrb)

123 It's been a while since we had a post by 'A severely conservative decorated veteran'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (XeU6L)
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Who wears a 20 year old dress uniform from your single enlistment to testify at a hearing? If you want the vet cred, wear a hat or a jacket. Screams being fake.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)

124 Does Nuscum think Pelosi is going to ease him into the Oval office? He just looks so pleased with himself all the time. What a slimeball. He is a child of Zuggtmoy. Or a lovechild of Iuz and Graz'zt.

Posted by: turambar at March 05, 2026 07:02 PM (Q0yOR)

125 bad news. ace website has so little traffic now that they want pay us to troll hear anymore. it was nice trolling you jews. think you for the memeries
====

This is priceless ROFL
Thank you

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 07:02 PM (RIvkX)

126 raimondo ! Glad to see your bottom surgery went well. Now go suck you mothers dick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:02 PM (abIsI)

127 Next! McGinness goes trans. Changes name to Babs. Sad he has no hair to die purple.

He sure is ugly! Apparently hairless as well with no eyebrows. Not that I would want to know about the rest.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 07:03 PM (WONhk)

128 Gov Greaseball is not at the top of my list of good-looking men. I mean, I guess he's a little more handsome than Jerry Nadler, but it's a low bar.

*slicks hair*
*sprays Scope in mouth*
*adjusts belt*

Posted by: Gov Pritzker at March 05, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)

129 115 The crazy guy with no eyebrows looks crazy.

Posted by: LASue

He looks like a sodomite.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:03 PM (abIsI)

130 Newsome is a pretty boy and has a look that appeals to some, IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:03 PM (lCppi)

131 I don't really care, but could volunteer to pop it back in without anesthesia. In the ED they do give you happy drugs to pop that or a shoulder back in. I watched it enough I think I could do it, no charge.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 07:00 PM (WONhk)

Real men pop their joints back in like Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)

132 Awww. Rainmandodo is feeling left out.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 07:04 PM (XeU6L)

133 I don't understand something. These assholes that disrupt meetings can only be there after a security check, AND they must be sponsored by a sitting member of the committee.

So why don't we hold the committee member who sponsored them accountable? They are intentionally disrupting these meetings.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 05, 2026 07:04 PM (HRH9e)

134 I don't understand something. These assholes that disrupt meetings can only be there after a security check, AND they must be sponsored by a sitting member of the committee.

So why don't we hold the committee member who sponsored them accountable? They are intentionally disrupting these meetings.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

Something to consider.

Posted by: Weak Leadership at March 05, 2026 07:06 PM (abIsI)

135 133 I don't understand something. These assholes that disrupt meetings can only be there after a security check, AND they must be sponsored by a sitting member of the committee.

So why don't we hold the committee member who sponsored them accountable? They are intentionally disrupting these meetings.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 05, 2026 07:04 PM (HRH9e)
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Good point. He wouldn't have had a current military ID either.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:06 PM (cWLG3)

136
She's always been so nasty, I remember when she asked Barbara Bush on the today show if Barbara really thought character matters in a president. Barbara responded of course I do Katie, don't you? And Katie got mad and said I'm asking the questions here.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (SF37t)

To love yourself so much you show us the inside of your colon is taking narcissism to an extreme.

Colonic narcissism.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 07:06 PM (WONhk)

137 The Whine Guy, nailed that one , you did.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 07:06 PM (+nEug)

138 Governor, I served with Silky Pony. I knew Silky Pony. Silky Pony was a friend of mine. Governor, you're no Silky Pony."

Posted by: banana -The Gipper- Dream at March 05, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)

139 You can get paid to troll here?

Well, that explains the prolific pro-penguin posts.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 05, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

140 The Whine Guy

Accountability? In Congress? Where TF have you been? 404. Not found.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 05, 2026 07:07 PM (u82oZ)

141 MTG was always a lunatic. Many chose to ignore the signs.

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 07:07 PM (SzkLE)

142 I think Couric figured out the problem with the billion dollar California train- Gov Zoolander scaled
It to fit in his garage and be ridden by ants

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:08 PM (lCppi)

143 He looks like a sodomite.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Possibly catamite.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 07:08 PM (XeU6L)

144 That McGinnis asshole is a bizarre looking freak. Like Jar Jar Binks meets Ron Howard, and winds up with a cock shaped mouth.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 05, 2026 07:08 PM (Mrt+u)

145 Mayor Lurie thus far is a better Levi Strauss heir than Goldman

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 07:09 PM (/C62k)

146 144 That McGinnis asshole is a bizarre looking freak. Like Jar Jar Binks meets Ron Howard, and winds up with a cock shaped mouth.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 05, 2026 07:08 PM (Mrt+u)
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Looks like one of the biker gang members in "Weird Science."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:09 PM (cWLG3)

147 Katie just wants to date him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 05, 2026 07:10 PM (8Daph)

148 If I was Musk, I'd sue civilly for damages.Even if I didn't win, I'd tie the guy up and make his life miserable

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 05, 2026 07:10 PM (20pGq)

149 MTG should show her tits to draw attention away from her nose. And the stupid shit runing out her mouf.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 05, 2026 07:11 PM (Mrt+u)

150 Looks like one of the biker gang members in "Weird Science."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:09 PM (cWLG3)

Sloth from The Goonies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:11 PM (6ydKt)

151 I think he looks kinda like the mutant in The Hills Have Eyes sans the cock shaped mouth.

Posted by: Weak Leadership at March 05, 2026 07:12 PM (abIsI)

152 Mayor Lurie thus far is a better Levi Strauss heir than Goldman
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 07:09 PM (/C62k)
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News today
Noem to Lurie: Thanks for the help

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 07:12 PM (RIvkX)

153 I think Couric just torpedoed Gov Zoolanders further political ambitions Thanks Katie!

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:12 PM (lCppi)

154 MTG’s IQ is about an average Georgia summer day.

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 07:12 PM (SzkLE)

155 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 07:06 PM (WONhk)

I read your testimony at the end of the other thread and enjoyed it

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 07:14 PM (vE0+H)

156 ----
Good point. He wouldn't have had a current military ID either.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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I still have a Meal Card...would that work?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 05, 2026 07:14 PM (XeU6L)

157 I've seen photos of MTG and it appears she has a 5 o'clock shadow, at 10 o'clock in the morning. She is really a guy.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:15 PM (abIsI)

158 Would it be mean to suggest that Tilda Swinton play Brian McGinnis in the Amazon Prime movie?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 07:15 PM (Ucgf4)

159 I wonder if trolls get paid by the post, or by the hour?

I mean, you could do worse for work from home, amirite?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 05, 2026 07:16 PM (zYpTz)

160 Coulter, when she was good, called Couric the "affable Eva Braun of morning TV". LOL

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 07:16 PM (vE0+H)

161 8 Would it be mean to suggest that Tilda Swinton play Brian McGinnis in the Amazon Prime movie?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 07:15 PM (Ucgf4)

Not mean - just 100 percent accurate

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:17 PM (lCppi)

162 And that was back in 2002. She was way ahead of her time.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 07:17 PM (vE0+H)

163 151 I think he looks kinda like the mutant in The Hills Have Eyes sans the cock shaped mouth.
Posted by: Weak Leadership at March 05, 2026 07:12 PM (abIsI)

It's driving me crazy, he looks like a zombie or something from a movie that I can't remember or it's from a music video from NiN or Tool or something.
I'll think of it in the middle of the night.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:18 PM (SF37t)

164 Lesbian ‘DEI Hire’ Captain of New Zealand Navy Ship That Ran Aground Has Been Charged With Negligence, Will Face Court-Martial Over the Sinking

New Zealand has a navy?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:18 PM (abIsI)

165 The whole manwhore theme on the left is weird. John Edwards, Gavin, it's all weird. I mean, there are attractive R chick pols. But I would never even contemplate voting for one based on their looks. But it seems to work with the left and their manwhores.

I assume it's that chicks find them attractive. Maybe that's the wrong idea and actually they see them as monsters, like all the, "Ravaged By a Centaur" books.

Chicks man....

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

166 She may be out of MAGA, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is still revered at MUODUWGA (Make Ugly Old Dried Up Whores Great Again)
Posted by: Wally at March 05, 2026 06:52 PM (1uEMB

And she's not just a member. She's also the president.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 07:19 PM (vE0+H)

167 159 I wonder if trolls get paid by the post, or by the hour?

I mean, you could do worse for work from home, amirite?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 05, 2026 07:16 PM (zYpTz)

I wouldn't assume they have a home Either bots or working as part of a massive Chinese organization- the pictures of how its done are really bizarre.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (lCppi)

168 157 I've seen photos of MTG and it appears she has a 5 o'clock shadow, at 10 o'clock in the morning. She is really a guy.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:15 PM (abIsI)
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I wonder if datarepublican could connect her to Qatar? Whatever prompted her abrupt decision to retire from the House is probably also responsible for her latest world view.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (cWLG3)

169 It's driving me crazy, he looks like a zombie or something from a movie that I can't remember or it's from a music video from NiN or Tool or something.
I'll think of it in the middle of the night.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:18 PM (SF37t)

The vampire-zombie creatures in that TV show The Strain had that bald, no eyebrows look.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (6ydKt)

170 @jlippincott_
Under the old law of war that existed prior to WWII, outright assassination of a foreign head of state was condemned by all civilized powers.

He's not exactly getting ratioed for this, but the top comments disagree.
A good analogy (which others are making) is, Britain's Bastard-Brigade attempted to assassinate the Austrian painter. Nobody attempted to assassinate Emperor Hirohito. So, I'll try to explain this . . .
The Austrian painter was a dictator with dubious connection with Germany's tradition of rulership. Hirohito was the legitimate spiritual head of Japan, however he may or may not have behaved. You might be able to work with the Japanese people through him.
Maybe Khomeini qualified as a Hirohito. The Khamanei dynasty, which it now is, cannot. These guys did not rise up properly through the old Shi'a system. They are just politicians and thugs.
So, screw them.

Posted by: Gov Pritzker at March 05, 2026 07:21 PM (gKWVE)

171 wouldn't assume they have a home Either bots or working as part of a massive Chinese organization- the pictures of how its done are really bizarre.
Posted by: LASue at March

Thousand monkeys on typewriters?

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 07:21 PM (MGB5H)

172 Posted by: raimondo at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (ipJEy)

Almost palinsteel or raykon worth but I suppose it's the best you have ever done.

you go girl!

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 05, 2026 07:21 PM (FylAi)

173 sockfayle

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 07:21 PM (gKWVE)

174 Goldman is a sleaze, an opportunist, and a traitor to his Jewish culture and religion.

F*ck him.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2026 07:21 PM (n9ltV)

175 Katie Couric bravely showed American her colon in a live colonoscopy. There was fecal matter everywhere. She did the same thing in the year 2000 on Today.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at March 05, 2026 07:21 PM (wGerL)

176 The vampire-zombie creatures in that TV show The Strain had that bald, no eyebrows look.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (6ydKt)

He looks like the singer of Midnight Oil.

Big leftists.

Posted by: Kangaroo Joe at March 05, 2026 07:22 PM (Ksqrb)

177 I wouldn't assume they have a home Either bots or working as part of a massive Chinese organization- the pictures of how its done are really bizarre.
Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (lCppi)
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Childish insults and bad grammar, especially when called out, have all the hallmarks of a Chinese paid troll.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:22 PM (cWLG3)

178 Breaking: The Brady Bunch house is now officially a California landmark.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:23 PM (abIsI)

179 I wouldn't assume they have a home Either bots or working as part of a massive Chinese organization- the pictures of how its done are really bizarre.
Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (lCppi)

That makes more sense than what I envisioned.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 05, 2026 07:23 PM (zYpTz)

180 It's driving me crazy, he looks like a zombie or something from a movie that I can't remember or it's from a music video from NiN or Tool or something.
I'll think of it in the middle of the night.
Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:18 PM (SF37t)
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That's when you open your eyes and see him standing over your bed.

Sleep tight!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 07:24 PM (ESVrU)

181 "New Zealand has a navy?"

Past tense. Had. Had one ship. It ran aground. Now it has no ships.

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 05, 2026 07:24 PM (FylAi)

182 Have you seen the video of the morality police woman on the train video? Look at that insane bitch's eyes.

Do we know that's an actual woman or is "she" a state-transed catamite?

Not that a woman couldn't or wouldn't be that vicious, but state policies on homosexuality mean that they likely have a lot more emasculated castrati running around in women's clothing that we do.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 07:24 PM (a+4eV)

183 It's been a while since we had a post by 'A severely conservative decorated veteran'.

The old way was "A severely conservative decorated veteran who has voted for a Republican President since Garfield"

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at March 05, 2026 07:25 PM (XEtb+)

184 It's hilarious. Only Jews and Protestants and Muzzies believe in divorce.

The Catholic Church forbids it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)

185 181 "New Zealand has a navy?"

Past tense. Had. Had one ship. It ran aground. Now it has no ships.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 05, 2026 07:24 PM (FylAi)
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Don't tell me... the captain was a woman. *hides*

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:26 PM (cWLG3)

186 He looks like the singer of Midnight Oil.

Big leftists.

Posted by: Kangaroo Joe at March 05, 2026 07:22 PM (Ksqrb)

Their one hit song is total Aussie-Lefty whining.

I liked it when I was like 12, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

187 Retardo!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 05, 2026 07:26 PM (h6CE+)

188 Not sure what the Zoolander problem is. Is that where we don't know if Katie is gonna suck Newsome off, or if he is gonna suck himself off?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 05, 2026 07:26 PM (9QKnw)

189 Lesbian ‘DEI Hire’ Captain of New Zealand Navy Ship That Ran Aground Has Been Charged With Negligence, Will Face Court-Martial Over the Sinking

Good. Bust her DEI ass to Seaman 1st Class.

Posted by: Horatio Hornblower at March 05, 2026 07:27 PM (Ksqrb)

190 Under the old law of war that existed prior to WWII, outright assassination of a foreign head of state was condemned by all civilized powers.

a) they didn't want people getting that kind of idea about them
b) you can't ransom a captured king if you've killed him

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 07:27 PM (a+4eV)

191
The vampire-zombie creatures in that TV show The Strain had that bald, no eyebrows look.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:20 PM (6ydKt)

It's very close but it's not the one I'm picturing in my head. I think it may have been a music video. Or I imagined it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:27 PM (SF37t)

192 184 It's hilarious. Only Jews and Protestants and Muzzies believe in divorce.

The Catholic Church forbids it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)

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Not really. It's frowned upon, but if you can get an anullment it's all good.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:27 PM (cWLG3)

193 Technically, you can divorce if your spouse is a total shitbag.

But you are stuck. Unless there are grounds for an annulment, but there are many.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (qFwJc)

194 I've been the only person posting Zoolander "blue steel" images on Newsom's various xtwitter propaganda accounts for months and now Couric repeats my counter-propaganda.

Reported as a bot numerous times and xtwitter's AI forcing me to prove I'm human via image association tests.

Posted by: 13times at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (UVL7B)

195 Aground isn't suck maybe

Posted by: Skip at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

196 Governor, why is my babymaker squishy? Are you just that dreamy? Do you bless the rains down in Africa?

Posted by: Katie Couric at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (TdYBy)

197
Sleep tight!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 05, 2026 07:24 PM (ESVrU)

No no no no, I am not adopting my own sleep paralysis demon.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (SF37t)

198 Katie gets a pass from me for the colonoscopy since her DH died of ass cancer. On that one thing i think Couric genuinely was using her fame to promote a medical screening she wishes her husband would have gotten.

She was in commercials on INSP promoting the poop sample screening tests for people who can't mentally deal with a camera up their colon.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (vlkz/)

199 Couric and Newsom.
Two has-beens desperately seeking relevance.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (2WIwB)

200
Pussy Runs The World.
Posted by: Dr. Quest

A solute shame we cannot bottle that upand sell it a pump like gasoline.

Wait. There's a scntily clad you lass trying to get me attention. Stand by.

Ummm.

I need to get back to y'all.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (QVmho)

201 It's frowned upon, but if you can get an anullment it's all good.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Are annulments allowed after you've had kids (Like on the grounds that you married under false pretenses), or does that just render any offspring bastards?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (a+4eV)

202 164 Lesbian ‘DEI Hire’ Captain of New Zealand Navy Ship That Ran Aground Has Been Charged With Negligence, Will Face Court-Martial Over the Sinking

New Zealand has a navy?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:18 PM (abIsI)

Down by Half since she sunk one.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (mP0Kj)

203 FeatherBlade: yeah, ransom was a big moneymaker in the days of the Crusades. And not just between Christians and Muslims, Leopold nabbed Richard I of England and Normandy because, I guess, he could.
I suppose we could sell Maduro back to Venezuela but it doesn't seem like they want him.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (gKWVE)

204 An annulment is a declaration from the Church that a valid marriage never existed. Like when my son married a Jew.

Or when a young girl gets married because she is pregnant.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:30 PM (qFwJc)

205
I swear to all the pagan tech goddesses that i am gonna hunt down the autocucomber engineers and force them grill and eat their own genitals.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 05, 2026 07:30 PM (QVmho)

206 New Zealand has a navy?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

If they can find a tow truck, yes, they have a Navy.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 07:30 PM (EJWxb)

207 185 181 "New Zealand has a navy?"

Past tense. Had. Had one ship. It ran aground. Now it has no ships.
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 05, 2026 07:24 PM (FylAi)
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Don't tell me... the captain was a woman. *hides*

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:26 PM (cWLG3)

They had at least two ships.

The one that was brand new with a female captain and it ran aground because they didn't think to turn the auto-pilot off when they tried to do a manual turn and hit a sandbar near Samoa.

The other ship had a female captain and it also sustained major damage when they ran it into a pier during an exercise.

I think they still have a few spares (ships and female captains).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)

208 NZ captain's crew forgot to turn off the autopilot. Hit reef. Went glug-glug

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 07:31 PM (/C62k)

209 nood

cafe

Posted by: banana Dream at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (3uBP9)

210 Breaking: The Brady Bunch house is now officially a California landmark.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 05, 2026 07:23 PM (abIsI)

But...they were a bunch of honkies!

Evil, evil honkies full of the Debbil!

Posted by: Frederick Douglass Haynes III, Rayciss at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Ksqrb)

211 Nood Cafe.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Ucgf4)

212 192 184 It's hilarious. Only Jews and Protestants and Muzzies believe in divorce.

The Catholic Church forbids it.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:25 PM (qFwJc)

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Not really. It's frowned upon, but if you can get an anullment it's all good.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:27 PM (cWLG3)

Have an Ex Lady Friend who was divorced and Catholic... she tried to explain that she could just not REMARRY...

Yeah... yer hawt, but I don't think that is how it works.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (mP0Kj)

213 PDT mentioned today the money that Venezuela was making off of sending their oil here.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (+nEug)

214 Would it be mean to suggest that Tilda Swinton play Brian McGinnis in the Amazon Prime movie?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at March 05, 2026 07:15 PM (Ucgf4

Get one of them sad cancer make a wish kids.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (06Hmj)

215 Nood spiders in the cafe

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (6ydKt)

216 I heard of a guy seeking an annulment. It was ugly. When he had a to attest that his kids were bastards, he walked away.
I think the priest phrased the wrong words?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:32 PM (qFwJc)

217 Like when my son married a Jew.

Those Semitic boobies will always get you

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 07:33 PM (gKWVE)

218 oh wait, it's 'acrophobia' not arachnophobia.

My bad.

Nood acros in the cafe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:33 PM (6ydKt)

219 201 It's frowned upon, but if you can get an anullment it's all good.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Are annulments allowed after you've had kids (Like on the grounds that you married under false pretenses), or does that just render any offspring bastards?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (a+4eV)
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"If you hurl and blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours.
If you spew and she bolts, it was never meant to be."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:33 PM (cWLG3)

220 Military dot com is not reliable at all. It's like all the Military Times papers that are owned by Gannet and suck ass.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 05, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

The Military Crimes

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 07:33 PM (hJH5n)

221 She was in commercials on INSP promoting the poop sample screening tests for people who can't mentally deal with a camera up their colon.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 07:28 PM (vlkz/)

Oh, I know about her first colonoscopy. I think she filmed the second one as well. I didn't watch as I saw photos of my own that apparently made the centerfold of magazines the GI doc was so pleased...with the torure prep.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 07:33 PM (WONhk)

222 I suppose we could sell Maduro back to Venezuela but it doesn't seem like they want him.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 07:29 PM (gKWVE)

It is pretty much a conclusion that Delcy Rodriguez betrayed Maduro, but it might have been her negotiating on his behalf behind his wife's and the security head's backs.
And now Venezuela is getting its political prisoners released, and market price for its oil and gold dore, and it is being banked at their need in Qatar instead of being stolen via US or ICJ judge, so it is looking like that was a good choice.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 07:34 PM (rbvCR)

223

No no no no, I am not adopting my own sleep paralysis demon.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Oooo! Ooooo!

Describe your own personal sleep paralisis demon!

Mine is a pedantic GS14 reviewing my analysis and pointing out stuff he told me to change (it's changed to what he asked for) and suddenly it reverts back to the original plots and graphs with the original legend color schemes. I'm trying to reach for the Mossberg deck sweeper, but the bastard is sitting on me and I can't move.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at March 05, 2026 07:35 PM (QVmho)

224 Also, the US is buying that market price gold and oil with Treasuries which are accepted everywhere Iranian Rials are not

Posted by: Kindltot at March 05, 2026 07:35 PM (rbvCR)

225 186 He looks like the singer of Midnight Oil.

Big leftists.

Posted by: Kangaroo Joe at March 05, 2026 07:22 PM (Ksqrb)

Their one hit song is total Aussie-Lefty whining.

I liked it when I was like 12, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

Did you know that Peter Garrett was once in the Australian Senate?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 07:35 PM (hJH5n)

226 CNN Iran (today) - All the shops are open...
CNN Iran (yesterday) - The entire country has been bombed and the childrens are dead...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (/lPRQ)

227 146 144 That McGinnis asshole is a bizarre looking freak. Like Jar Jar Binks meets Ron Howard, and winds up with a cock shaped mouth.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 05, 2026 07:08 PM (Mrt+u)
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Looks like one of the biker gang members in "Weird Science."
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:09 PM (cWLG3)

Except Michael Berryman is, by all accounts, a really good dude.

Posted by: Don't insult Michael Berryman like that! at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (TbWk/)

228 207
They had at least two ships.

The one that was brand new with a female captain and it ran aground because they didn't think to turn the auto-pilot off when they tried to do a manual turn and hit a sandbar near Samoa.

The other ship had a female captain and it also sustained major damage when they ran it into a pier during an exercise.

I think they still have a few spares (ships and female captains).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)

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Space Ice seems to know what he's talking about.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 05, 2026 07:36 PM (cWLG3)

229 I am too much of a gentleman to ask you if she was putting out.

Fornication is something priests hear all the time.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (qFwJc)

230 147 Katie just wants to date him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 05, 2026 07:10 PM (8Daph)

Katie and Gavin siting in a tree…

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (hJH5n)

231 Did you know that Peter Garrett was once in the Australian Senate?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 05, 2026 07:35 PM (hJH5n)

Nope, had no idea.
Never really kept up with the band.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 05, 2026 07:38 PM (6ydKt)

232 Brattleboro is geering up for Pride Month, it's only7 Weeks away! We would like your input on any floats, exhibits, or gay enttertainers of coler you would like to see! The Womyn's Institute has grants and funding to make your queerest dreems come true! Come join us!

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at March 05, 2026 07:39 PM (oftw2)

233 If you get a decree of nullity, you were never really married, so you don’t need a divorce, even in the Roman Church.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (zkvbx)

234 The guy who keyed the Teslas, Dylan Bryan Adams, should be sued in civil court for, at a minimum, the actual.damages, then add in that favorite of personal injury attorneys, emotional distress, and ask for a million bucks per incident.
Set up.a fund to pay for this and I'd donate.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 07:45 PM (sR2WI)

235 Sorry, but the pop-up ads on this site almost make it unusable. The mobile view has been bad for some time, but now I get pop-ups that say I can close them in 5 seconds....but you can't. Grrr.

Posted by: Mike at March 05, 2026 07:46 PM (ugdIT)

236 That's no Marine. No Marine would act like that. He'd get drunk, start a fight, and bang the Senator's daughter, but he'd never act like that in uniform.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at March 05, 2026 07:57 PM (P4bJX)

237 Katie Kurveh looks really old.

Posted by: avi at March 05, 2026 08:13 PM (ieodf)

238 Have an Ex Lady Friend who was divorced and Catholic... she tried to explain that she could just not REMARRY...

Yeah... yer hawt, but I don't think that is how it works.
Posted by: Romeo13
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So, she was explaining that "living in sin" was just fine with her?
What's that old saying about gift horses and mouths?

And, divorces are only verboten for marriages performed in the Church.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 08:22 PM (sR2WI)

239 Stopped buying Levi's a long time ago
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Levi's would be bad for you health in AZ ranch country.
Wrangler's baby.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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I gave up on Levis when the company succumbed to the pressure from their gay employees (and a lot of the local community - they're headquartered in San Franfaggotvile) and dropped their sponsorship of the (when it was still a normal organization) BSA.
And, Wranglers fit better. I've had the W on my ass since fifth grade, when my mother finally allowed me some say in what clothes I wore.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 05, 2026 09:39 PM (sR2WI)

Inside the Magic: New Fake James Bond Movie Will "Embrace Queer Storytelling" By Featuring a "Non-Binary Actor"

For a change of pace, here's a nonsense story.

I think "Inside the Magic" is some kind of Disney fanzine. I don't know how credible they are.

But as I read them, they seem less and less credible.

I'm glad I gave up on Bond movies years ago so that I'm already halfway home when the suckers are still getting out of the stadium.

Production on the next James Bond film is underway. Tentatively titled James Bond 26 (27 if you include the non-Eon Never Say Never Again) falls under Amazon, which purchased Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and inherited the distribution rights to its films, including the 007 movies.

This "news" article is off to a bad start. No, Bond 26 is not "tentatively titled James Bond 26." How stupid. Bond movies are routinely referred to unofficially as "Bond X" until the title is revealed, but in no way would anyone who understands the Bond franchise or the usual operations of the English language say that these movies are "tentatively titled" Bond X.

Also, EON would never include the non-EON Never Say Never Again in its count of EON Bond films.

This seems like it's written by someone who knows nothing.

So, standard media story, then.

Amazon MGM Studios later acquired creative control of the future of the Bond franchise from longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who have been replaced by Amy Pascal (Spider-Man: Homecoming) and David Heyman (the Harry Potter films).
Dune and Dune: Part Two director Denis Villeneuve is helming the new film, while Peaky Blinders' Steven Knight is on writing duties.

A New Rumor About the Film
But we do know that the next 007 will be male, despite rumors of a "gender-swap" doing the rounds following No Time to Die (2021), the final entry in Daniel Craig's series. Craig himself has even publicly opposed the idea. However, a new rumor suggests that the next "Bond girl" will be non-binary, with actor Emma Corrin in line to play the spy's love interest.
NewswirePatriot on X (Twitter) claims that the new Bond film has "officially gone woke":
WARNING: James Bond has officially gone woke! The new love interest in the Bond franchise will be "non-binary" actress Emma Corrin. The producers "wanted to prove even legacy franchises can embrace queer storytelling."
Of course, this should be treated strictly as a rumor and nothing more.

To be honest, I think "treating it strictly as a rumor" would be giving it far more credit than it deserves. This seems like the most amateurish clickbait nonsense, and that's coming from someone who wants this to be true.

I don't think this rises to the level of "rumor." This is just stupid nonsense.

⚠️WARNING: James Bond has officially gone woke!

The new love interest in the Bond franchise will be "non-binary" actress Emma Corrin.

The producers "wanted to prove even legacy franchises can embrace queer story telling."

Will you watch this progressive 007 love story? pic.twitter.com/UUUL93dEnh
— Patriot🇺🇸Newswire (@NewswirePatriot) February 27, 2026

Speaking of Woke Takes: People fault the Nolan Odyssey movie for a lot silly race-bending casting -- a black Helen of Troy, for example -- and for an absurd helmet.

Look at how ridiculous Agamemnon's helmet is:

At least Agamemnon will only be in the movie for like three minutes, so we don't have to see that stupid helmet for long.

But I think I heard that Aphrodite will also be black. Of course.

Supposedly this is pretty good, but Chris Gore from Film Threat said you have to temper your expectations. He says people are going to overhype this, and then the movie won't live up to that hype. So, it sounds good, but not good enough that it can meet elevated expectations:

Hugh Jackman plays an older Robin Hood in The Death of Robin Hood.

Yes, this sounds a lot like Robin and Marion, with Sean Connery as an older, bald Robin, and Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

That pencil-necked pussy dweeb Patrick Willems had a point about Robin Hood and King Arthur: Hollywood keeps making "revisionist" takes on these figures -- dark and gritty retellings, supposedly "historically accurate" unknown true story takes -- but they keep losing money because those kind of revisionist tellings don't work unless the public is familiar with the normal, basic story itself. You can't do a "revisionist" take about a subject where the public doesn't know the non-revisionist version of the story.

The last "normal" kind of King Arthur movie was Exclaibur from 1981, and the last (arguably) "normal" Robin Hood was the Costner version in 1994 (I think). And I personally would not count that!

So the Death of Robin Hood sure would work better if there had been a successful, normie Robin Hood movie in the past ten years. Like you know, the Merry Men, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, cutting nooses with well-aimed arrows, etc.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:37 PM